Robert Noel

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Robert Noel, Lancaster, at a Windsor Garter Service

Robert John Baptist Noel (born 15 October 1962) is an Officer of Arms (Herald) at the College of Arms in London.[1] He has been the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms since April 2021.

Early life[]

The younger son of The Hon. Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel, of Westington Mill, Chipping Campden, a barrister, he is in remainder to his grandfather's earldom. Robert Noel was educated at Ampleforth College, Exeter College, Oxford (MA) and St Edmund's College, Cambridge (MPhil).

Career[]

Noel trained as a shipbroker, then as a library assistant at the College of Arms before joining the auctioneers, Christie's of London. He was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms at the College of Arms in October 1992, and succeeded Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones (later Garter Principal King-of-Arms) as Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary in September 1999.[2] On 1 April 2021, he was appointed Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in succession to Timothy Duke.[3]

He is a Freeman of the City of London and has been admitted as a liveryman of the Glaziers' Company.

Personal life[]

Noel married Rowena Hale in 2013;[4] the couple live in London and have a son, William (born in 2014).[5] and a daughter Phoebe born 2016. He serves as the official genealogist for the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor.[6]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Robert John Baptist Noel
Arms of Noel, Earl of Gainsborough.svg
Notes
Established by Gerard Noel Edward pursuant to a Royal Licence allowing him to take and bear the arms of Noel and use the surname Noel only.[7]
Adopted
22 May 1798
Crest
A buck at gaze argent attired or.
Escutcheon
Or, fretty gules a canton ermine.
Motto
tout bien ou rien ("do it well or not at all")

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "College of Arms - College of Arms". www.college-of-arms.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. ^ London Gazette
  3. ^ "Crown Office", The London Gazette, 9 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ www.ampleforth.org.uk
  5. ^ "Burke's Peerage". burkespeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  6. ^ "Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor". Archived from the original on 2008-01-01.
  7. ^ "Armorial - Honorary Members - Robert S J B NOEL". whitelionsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  • Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001, Hubert Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, (Illuminata, London 2001) ISBN 0-9537845-1-7

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Court offices
Preceded by
Terence McCarthy
Bluemantle Pursuivant
1992–1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lancaster Herald
1999–2021
Succeeded by
vacant
Preceded by Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
2021–present
Succeeded by
incumbent
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