Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms)

Thomas Woodcock
CVO OStJ DL FSA
Woodcock at Garter Day, Windsor Castle on 19 June 2006 (as Norroy and Ulster) (Photograph by: Philip Allfrey)
Born (1951-05-20) 20 May 1951
Residence London
Nationality British
Education Eton College
Alma mater University College, Durham;
Darwin College, Cambridge
Occupation Genealogist
Years active 1978–present
Employer Elizabeth II
Organisation College of Arms
Title Garter Principal King of Arms
Term 2010-present
Predecessor Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, KCVO
Successor Incumbent
Spouse(s) Lucinda Harmsworth King
Awards (CVO), (OStJ)
Website www.college-of-arms.gov.uk

Thomas Woodcock CVO OStJ DL FSA (born 20 May 1951) is the Garter Principal King of Arms.[1]

Personal

Woodcock was educated at Eton College. He went to University College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then went to Darwin College, Cambridge where he received his LLB degree. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple. In 1998, Woodcock married Lucinda Harmsworth King.

College of Arms

He began his heraldic career in 1975 as a research assistant to Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of Arms. In 1978 he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant.[2] In 1982 he was promoted to Somerset Herald.[3] He held this office until his appointment as Norroy and Ulster in 1997.[4] Woodcock was appointed the Garter Principal King of Arms on 1 April 2010.[5]

Honours

Woodcock was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 1996 Birthday Honours and was advanced to Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.[6][7] He was appointed Genealogist of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in June 2017 upon the retirement of the previous Genealogist, William Hunt as Windsor Herald,[8] and made an Officer of the Order (OStJ) in July 2018.[9]

In December 2005 he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the County of Lancashire,[10] in which capacity he assists the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Shuttleworth, to represent Queen Elizabeth II in the county.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The College of Arms Newsletter 21 June 2009
  2. ↑ "No. 47661". The London Gazette. 12 October 1978. p. 12091.
  3. ↑ "No. 49155". The London Gazette. 1 November 1982. p. 14201.
  4. ↑ "No. 54756". The London Gazette. 6 May 1997. p. 5349.
  5. ↑ "No. 59385". The London Gazette. 8 April 2010. p. 6033.
  6. ↑ "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. p. 4.
  7. ↑ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 4.
  8. ↑ The College of Arms Newsletter no. 51 (July 2017)
  9. ↑ "No. 62346". The London Gazette. 6 July 2018. p. 1.
  10. ↑ "No. 57843". The London Gazette. 16 December 2005. p. 16252.
Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Hubert Chesshyre		 Rouge Croix Pursuivant
1978–1982		 Succeeded by
Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld
Preceded by
Rodney Dennys		 Somerset Herald
1982–1997		 Succeeded by
David Vines White
Preceded by
Hubert Chesshyre		 Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
1997–2010		 Succeeded by
Patric Laurence Dickinson
Preceded by
Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones		 Garter Principal King of Arms
2010–present		 Incumbent

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