Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society
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About
The first Cambridge University Heraldic Society was founded in 1948 from the remnants of the late nineteenth-century Monumental Brass Society. In 1954, a separate Cambridge University Society of Genealogists was formed. Not surprisingly many members of one society were members of the other and on 10 June 1957, sponsored by some vice-presidents, by agreement between the secretaries, special general meetings of both societies were held and resolutions passed abolishing both societies on condition that a new joint society was formed later in the day. Meetings held earlier in the term had led to the formal culmination of a series of discussions for the consolidation and amalgamation.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The structure of the new society was to include a patron and a number of honorary vice-presidents. The committee was to consist of a president, a secretary, a senior treasurer, a junior treasurer and ordinary committee members.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Four speaker meetings are held in each of the Michaelmas and Lent terms and a ninth at the beginning of the Easter term. These are in the general area of heraldry and genealogy but also include cognate subjects such as ceremonial dress, tartan, local history, customs, military medals or indeed anything of an antiquarian nature. There are generally two outings each year—one in Michaelmas and one in Lent to places of heraldic and genealogical interest. In recent years, the society has visited the College of Arms, the Society of Genealogists and various cathedrals and museums. The society also hosts one large dinner each term with the Annual Dinner (in the Lent term) attracting up to 70 diners. In March 2023 this was held at the House of Lords. There is also a garden party in the Easter term.
In 2022 the society hosted the 35th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences patronized by HRH The Earl of Wessex (now the Duke of Edinburgh), and attended by officers of arms from many different nations (including Garter King of Arms, Lord Lyon King of Arms, York Herald, Rothesay Herald, and the Deputy Chief Herald of Canada).[1]
Patrons
Patrons of the society since 1957:[2]
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, KStJ, PC, 1957–1979.
- Archbishop Bruno Heim, GCStJ, 1980–2003.
- Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, GCVO, DL, 2003–present.
Sir Arthur Cochrane KCVO, former Clarenceux King of Arms, was Patron of the original Heraldic and Genealogical Societies until his death in 1954. The position was still vacant when the amalgamation took place. The Cambridge University Society of Genealogists had had a president in the person of the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a keen genealogist. Therefore, Lord Mountbatten was invited to be Patron of the new (1957) society, a post which he held until his assassination in 1979.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Lord Mountbatten was succeeded as Patron by Archbishop Bruno Heim, a leading authority on the heraldry of the Roman Catholic Church who designed armorial bearings for several Popes. Heim donated a copy of a number of his own publications to the society. After his death he was followed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Presidents
The current and 60th President is Thomas Carlile. The following people have held the office of president of the society:[3][4]
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Current Honorary Vice Presidents
- Sir Henry Paston-Bedinfeld Bt, former Norroy and Ulster King of Arms[4]
- David White OStJ, Garter Principal King of Arms, (President 1982–1983)
- Peter O'Donoghue MStJ, York Herald, (President 1993–1994)
- Derek Palgrave
- Dr Paul Fox (President 1984–1985)
- Richard van der Beek, (President 2016–2018)
- The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow CVO CBE KStJ KC DL, Lord Lyon King of Arms
Publications
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the society transcribed the registers of the Cambridgeshire parishes of Shepreth and Westley Waterless and published a small number of copies. Its most ambitious project, however, was to produce The Cambridge Armorial showing the arms of all the corporate armigers in Cambridge (including town, university, colleges, theological colleges and schools) with blazons and brief histories of each. Although begun in 1966, it was to be nineteen years before it was published through the efforts of Wilfrid Scott-Giles, Heather Peak, Cecil Humphery-Smith and Dr Gordon H Wright.[5] In 1995 the society launched a magazine, called the Escutcheon, which appears each term, edited by Derek Palgrave. It is now edited by Terence Trelawny-Gower.[6]
Notable past speakers and guests
The society is primarily a discussion group. Notable past speakers have included:[7]
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The Mountbatten Commemorative Lecture
Following the Assassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the society wished to honour its late Patron. With the permission of his elder daughter, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the society inaugurated the Mountbatten Commemorative Lecture. This remains the most important meeting of the year and the lecture has frequently been given by senior members of the College of Arms which have included five successive Garter Kings of Arms (as well as two Lord Lyon Kings of Arms). In 1994, the society was greatly honoured when the Lecture was given by (as he now is) Prince Michael of Kent. The lecture for the year 1984–1985 was concerned with the genealogy of Lord Mountbatten himself and was delivered in the presence of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh who was at that time an undergraduate at Jesus College.[8]
| Year | Title | Lecturer |
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| 1981 (1st)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Work of the College of Arms" | Sedley Andrus, Lancaster Herald (later Beaumont Herald Extraordinary) |
| 1982 (2nd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Arthurian Heraldry" | Michael Maclagan, Richmond Herald (also Slains Pursuivant of Arms) |
| 1983 (3rd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "J.H. Round" | D. Stephenson |
| 1984 (4th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Work and Records of the College of Arms" | John Brooke-Little, Clarenceux King of Arms |
| 1985 (5th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Genealogy of the Earl Mountbatten of Burma" | Cecil Humphery-Smith |
| 1986 (6th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Garter Knights and Officers of the Order of the Garter" | Colin Cole, Garter Principal King of Arms |
| 1987 (7th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "European Armorials and Rolls—Some Thoughts and Comparisons" | C.J. Holyoake |
| 1988 (8th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "'Template:LangxTemplate:'—Five Heraldic Leaps" | Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter King of Arms |
| 1989 (9th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Some Thoughts on the Origins of Heralds" | John Brooke-Little, Clarenceux King of Arms |
| 1990 (10th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Work of the College of Arms" | Sedley Andrus, Lancaster Herald (later Beaumont Herald Extraordinary) |
| 1991 (11th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Baronies of East Anglia" | John Norton, Treasurer of Norfolk Heraldry Society |
| 1992 (12th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Polish Heraldry" | Conrad Swan, Garter Principal King of Arms |
| 1993 (13th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Bastards …" | John Brooke-Little, Clarenceux King of Arms |
| 1994 (14th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Lord Mountbatten" | Prince Michael of Kent |
| 1995 (15th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Conrad Swan, Garter Principal King of Arms | |
| 1996 (16th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Military Heraldry" | Col. I.S. Swinnerton, President of the Federation of Family History Societies |
| 1997 (17th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Nelson's Heraldry" | David White, Garter Principal King of Arms |
| 1998 (18th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Most Noble Order of the Garter" | Hubert Chesshyre, Clarenceux King of Arms |
| 1999 (19th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Back to the Future: European Heraldry after Communism" | T.A.H. Wilkinson, University of Durham |
| 2000 (20th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Earl Mountbatten and Genealogy" | Cecil Humphery-Smith |
| 2001 (21st)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Aspects of High State Heraldry" | John Brooke-Little, Clarenceux King of Arms |
| 2002 (22nd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Montgomery Heraldry" | E. Hugh Montgomery |
| 2003 (23rd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill" | Jack Darrah |
| 2004 (24th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Early New Zealand Grants of Arms" | David White, Garter Principal King of Arms |
| 2005 (25th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Society of Genealogists Library" | Susan Gibbons |
| 2006 (26th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Music in Heraldry" | Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms |
| 2007 (27th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The College of Arms in the Eighteenth Century" | Peter O'Donoghue, York Herald |
| 2008 (28th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Court of Chivalry in Stuart Heraldry" | Vittoria Feola, Université libre de Bruxelles |
| 2009 (29th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "'Template:LangxTemplate:': Dukes, ducal lookalikes and the dilemmata of rank in Template:Langx France" | Leonhard Horowski |
| 2010 (30th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Role of the Lord Lyon" | David Sellar, Lord Lyon King of Arms |
| 2011 (31st)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Heraldry of York Minster" | Dr Paul A. Fox |
| 2012 (32nd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Thomas Woodcock, Garter Principal King of Arms | |
| 2013 (33rd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Heraldry and Ceremonial in the Holy Roman Empire" | B.J.G.A. Kress, Warburg Institute |
| 2014 (34th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The College of Arms in the Second World War" | Peter O'Donoghue, York Herald |
| 2015 (35th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Norroy's Reminiscences" | Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms |
| 2016 (36th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Out of the Blue: Oxford Academic Dress in the Twentieth Century" | A.J.P. North |
| 2017 (37th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Heraldry of Eton College" | David Broomfield |
| 2018 (38th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Monarchical Republic of Oliver Cromwell" | David Smith |
| 2019 (39th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Graces of Cambridge Colleges and Related Dining Customs" | Julian Cable |
| 2020 (40th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Genealogy of Monsignor Alfred Newman Gilbey" | Ronald Creighton-Jobe |
| 2021 (41st)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Court of the Lord Lyon" | Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms |
| 2022 (42nd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Heraldry and History of Georgia" | Prince Juan de Bagration-Mukhrani |
| 2023 (43rd)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "Uncle Dickie" | Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia |
| 2024 (44th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg" | Edward Hilary Davis |
| 2025 (45th)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | "The Monarchical Republic of Oliver Cromwell" | Dr David Smith |
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References
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External links
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