Henry Farnham Burke

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Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA (1859–1930) was a long-serving Anglo-Irish officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

Biography

A son of Sir Bernard Burke (who was Ulster King of Arms from 1853 until his death in 1892), Henry Burke was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1880. In 1887, Burke was promoted to the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 26 October 1911, Burke was promoted to Norroy King of Arms to replace Sir William Henry Weldon. In 1913 he was given the additional appointment of Genealogist of the Order of the Bath. On 22 January 1919, he was promoted to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms on the death of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty. He held this office until his own death in 1930.

Heraldic succession

Heraldic offices
Preceded by Stephen Isaacson Tucker	Rouge Croix Pursuivant 1880–1887	Succeeded by George William Marshall
Preceded by Stephen Isaacson Tucker	Somerset Herald 1887–1911	Succeeded by Everard Green
Preceded by Sir William Henry Weldon	Norroy King of Arms 1911–1919	Succeeded by Charles Harold Athill
Preceded by Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty	Garter King of Arms 1919–1930	Succeeded by Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston

See also

• Heraldry
• Pursuivant
• Herald
• King of Arms

External links

• www.burkespeerage.com
• CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index
• Works by or about Henry Farnham Burke in libraries (WorldCat catalog)