David White (officer of arms)
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David Vines White (born 27 October 1961) is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Since 2021, he has served as Garter Principal King of Arms.[1]
The senior herald and genealogist at the College of Arms in London, as Garter King of Arms, White is responsible for the governance of the law of arms in England and Wales, the succession of peerage and baronet titles, introducing new peers to the House of Lords, and oversight of royal ceremonial duties.[2]
As Garter, he assisted the Earl Marshal in arranging the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.[3]
Life
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Born in Scotland, the younger son of Sheila (née Chatterton) and Peter Vines White (died 1999 at Shilton, Oxfordshire),[4] he was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating as a Bachelor of Arts (subsequently promoted in the usual course to MA(Cantab)).[5] As an undergraduate he was elected President of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society.
He then pursued postgraduate studies in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, receiving a second (graduate-level) MA degree from the University of London.[6]
White served as a research assistant to Theobald Mathew, Windsor Herald, and contributor to Burke's Peerage & Baronetage. In 1995, he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant, following in the tradition of eminent genealogists such as Sir Henry Farnham Burke and Sir Anthony Wagner. In 2004, he was advanced Somerset Herald, and from 2014 to 2021 also served as Registrar of the College of Arms.[7]
On 1 July 2021, White was promoted Garter Principal King of Arms, succeeding Sir Thomas Woodcock upon his retirement.[8] On 1 August 2021, White became Inspector of Regimental Colours to the British Army.[9]
A member of the Council of The Heraldry Society of London (Chairman 2006–09, now Hon. FHS) and of the British Record Society, White has served as Genealogist of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath since 2021, and as Honorary Genealogist of the Royal Victorian Order since 2010.[10] He was Genealogist of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem from 2021 to 2025.[11] He is also a committee member of the Travellers' Club.[12]
On 10 September 2022, as Garter King of Arms, White proclaimed the accession of Charles III from the Proclamation Gallery in Friary Court, St James's Palace, London[13] before a global television audience.[14] On 19 September 2022 he proclaimed the styles and titles of Elizabeth II over her descending coffin at the end of her committal service in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Honours and decorations
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- File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- File:UK Queen EII Platinum Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg 2022: Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
- File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg 2023: King Charles III Coronation Medal
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Arms
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See also
References
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- ↑ The Officers of Arms College of Arms
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- ↑ Notice of death of Sheila White, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 13 April 2015
- ↑ www.college-of-arms.gov.uk
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- ↑ www.thetravellersclub.org.uk
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