Thomas Woodcock

Thomas Woodcock as Norroy and Ulster King of Arms

Thomas Woodcock , CVO , DL , FSA (born May 20, 1951 ) is an English lawyer , genealogist and heraldist. Since April 1, 2010 he has been Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms in London.

career

Woodcock began his school career at the renowned Eton College . He received his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Durham and his Bachelor of Laws at Darwin College of the University of Cambridge . He then entered the London Inner Temple Bar .

His heraldic career began in 1975 as a research assistant to Sir Anthony Wagner, who was then Garter Principal King of Arms . In 1978 he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant , and in 1982 the Somerset Herald . Woodcock held this office until his appointment as Norroy and Ulster King of Arms on April 29, 1997. With effect from April 1, 2010 he was appointed Garter Principal King of Arms and thus the supreme herald of England.

Woodcock has been a Lieutenant in the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) since 1996 . In December 2005 Thomas Woodcock became Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the County of Lancashire . He is a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London and, since 1998, of the Roxburghe Club , the oldest bibliophile club in the world. He was named Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) on the 2011 Birthday Honors List .

The Oxford Guide to Heraldry Thomas Woodcock and John Martin Robinson, Oxford 1988, ISBN 0-19-280226-7
Heraldry in Historic Houses of Great Britain Thomas Woodcock and John Martin Robinson, Oxford 2000, ISBN 978-0-8109-6691-8

predecessor	Office	successor
Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones	Garter Principal King of Arms 2010 -	-

personal data
SURNAME	Woodcock, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English lawyer, genealogist and heraldist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 20, 1951