Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms, named after the red dragon of Wales. The office was instituted by Henry VII on 29 October 1485, the eve of his coronation.Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, in Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, (London, 1963) pp. 219-228. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp219-228 [accessed 27 April 2024]
The current Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms is Phillip Bone.
Holders of the office Arms Name Date of appointmentRefWilliam Tyndale or Tendale(Henry VII)Thomas Bysley(Henry VII/Henry VIII)William Hasyng or Hastings(1521)Thomas Mylner or Milner or Miller1530–1536Fulk ap Howell1536–1539Martin Maroffe1539–1553William Colbarne or Cowarne1553–1564Edmund Knight1564–1574Nicholas Paddy1574–1588John Raven1588–1597William Smith1597–1618John Philipot1618–1624Thomas Thompson1624–1637Edward Walker1637–1638Henry Lilly1638William Crowne1638–1661Everard Exton1659–1661 (intruded)Francis Sandford1661–1676Thomas May1676–1677Gregory King1677–1689Piers Mauduit1689–1691Hugh Clopton1691–1700John Hare1700–1704Dudley Downs1704–1719Arthur Shepherd1719–1756Henry Hill1756–1758Thomas Sherriff1758–1763Thomas Locke1763–1774Ralph Bigland1774–1780Benjamin Pingo1780–1786James Monson Philips1786–1797James Cathrow1797–1813Charles Young1813–1820Francis Townsend1820–1833James Rock1833Thomas King1833–1848Edward Stephen Dendy1848–1859George Cokayne1859–1870Sir William Henry Weldon1870–1880Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty1880–1886Sir Albert Woods1886–1893Everard Green1893–1911Sir Algar Howard1911–1919Alexander Mitton1919–1922Sir John Heaton-Armstrong1922–1926Eric Geijer1926–1941Michael Trappes-Lomax1946–1951Robin Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees1952–1962Sir Conrad Swan1962–1968Theobald Mathew1970–1978Patric Dickinson1978–1989Timothy Duke1989–1995Clive Cheesman1998–2010Adam Tuck2019–2023Phillip Bone2023–present
See also Heraldry Officer of Arms College of Arms
References Citations
Bibliography The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee, Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir Anthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963) A History of the College of Arms &c, Mark Noble, (London, 1804)
External links The College of Arms CUHGS Officer of Arms Index