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Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms)

Sir Thomas Woodcock KCVO DL FSA FHS FRHSC (born 20 May 1951) is a genealogist who served as Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms from 2010 to 2021.

SirThomas WoodcockKCVO DL
Woodcock, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, processing at the Garter Ceremony, 2006.

In office1 April 2010 – 1 July 2021
Elizabeth II
Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones
David White

(1951-05-20) 20 May 1951
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Lucinda Harmsworth King
(m. 1998)
University College, Durham;Darwin College, Cambridge
Eton College
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (2021)Officer of the Order of Saint John (2018)

Sir Thomas Woodcock KCVO DL FSA FHS FRHSC (born 20 May 1951) is a genealogist who served as Garter Principal King of Arms at the College of Arms from 2010 to 2021.

Woodcock was educated at Eton College before going up to University College, Durham, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then pursued further studies at Darwin College, Cambridge, becoming LLB. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple.

Woodcock 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. In 1982 he was promoted to Somerset Herald, becoming Norroy and Ulster in 1997, then Garter Principal King of Arms on 1 April 2010. On 1 July 2021, Woodcock retired as Garter as well as his other heraldic and genealogical offices.

In 1998, Woodcock married Lucinda Harmsworth King.

Woodcock was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 1996 Birthday Honours, promoted Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2011 Birthday Honours and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2021 Birthday Honours.

In 2017, he succeeded William Hunt, Windsor Herald, as Genealogist of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem serving until 2021, having been appointed in July 2018 an Officer of the Order (OStJ).

A Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lancashire since December 2005, he assists the Lord Lieutenant, Amanda Parker, to represent King Charles III throughout the county.

Elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) on 3 March 1990, he was awarded the SAL's Society Medal in 2015. He was also elected a Fellow of The Heraldry Society (FHS) on 26 June 1996.

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	Adopted
20 April 1961
Crest
Out of a circlet or charged with three roses gules barbed and seeded proper a dexter arm embowed in armour also proper garnished gold, the hand grasping a scimitar likewise proper hilt and pommel gold.
Escutcheon
Or on a bend cotised gules three cross crosslets fitchy of the field.
Motto
Leges Juraque Serva ("Observe the laws and ordinances")
Orders
the circlet of the Royal Victorian Order as KCVO.

College of Arms – Corporation responsible for heraldry in England and Wales
Herald – Officer of arms
Heraldry – Discipline of the design and study of coats of arms
King of Arms – Rank of an officer of armsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pursuivant – Junior officer of arms
Thomas Woodcock's Coat of Arms – Granted in 1961
CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index
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