David White (officer of arms)

David Vines White (born 27 October 1961 in Glasgow) is the current Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms in London. He is the younger son of Sheila (née Chatterton) and Peter Vines White.[1]

Somerset Herald wearing his ceremonial tabard

White was educated at Marlborough College, before going to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he obtained the degree of MA. As an undergraduate he was president of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society and later he received a further MA degree from the, Courtauld Institute, University of London.[2]

White then served as a research assistant to Theobald Mathew, Windsor Herald, and in 1995 was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant, following in the tradition of eminent genealogists, such as Sir Henry Farnham Burke. In 2004 he was appointed Somerset Herald.[3]

White is a member of Council of The Heraldry Society in London and served as its chairman 2006–09. He is a member of Council of the British Record Society. In 2010, he was appointed honorary genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order.[4]

Somerset Herald's day job is researching and proving genealogies, as well as facilitating new grants of arms to suitable applicants.[5]

Decorations

Arms
Coat of arms of David Vines White
Crest
A cock’s head erased sable combed and wattled gules gorged by three annulets engrailed argent.
Escutcheon
Argent, goutty de sang three cocks’ heads erased sable combed and wattled gules a bordure engrailed sable.[6]

See also

References
  1. Notice of death of Sheila White, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 13 April 2015.
  2. "White, David Vines, (born 27 Oct. 1961)". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u70860. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. London Gazette profile; accessed 13 April 2015.
  4. The College of Arms Newsletter no. 25 Archived 7 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, June 2010, pg. 2; accessed 13 April 2015.
  5. Profile, telegraph.co.uk, 20 November 2011.
  6. "Armorial - Honorary Members - David Vines WHITE". whitelionsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld		 Rouge Croix Pursuivant
1995 – 2004		 Succeeded by
John Michael Allen-Petrie
Preceded by
Thomas Woodcock		 Somerset Herald
2004 – present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
William Hunt		 Registrar of the College of Arms
2014 – present		 Incumbent
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Hubert Chesshyre		 Honorary Genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order
2010–present		 Incumbent


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