Henry Robert Charles Martin

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Born at Maskeliya, Ceylon, the eldest son of Henry Thomas Martin, later of South Kensington,[1] Martin was educated at Bedford School, then at Lincoln College, Oxford. He was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1912. He represented England as a badminton player.[2] During the First World War, he served as a captain in the East Lancashire Regiment, and in the Intelligence Department from 1938-41.[3] His first heraldic appointment came on 31 May 1922 when he was made Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary to replace Archibald George Blomefield Russell.[4] He held this position until 2 August 1928 when he was promoted to the office of Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary to replace Gerald Wollaston.[5] Martin was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1930. He held this office until his death from heart failure on 23 July 1942.[6][7]

In 1914, Martin had married Mary Gladys, daughter of the Rev. John Whitby St Quintin, M.A., rector of Hatley St George, Cambridge; they had three daughters: Diana, Pamela (who married, in 1936, John Maitland Cowper, of Barclays Bank),[8][9] and June.[10][11]

Badminton career

He was part of the English team that toured Canada in 1925 to promote the sport on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in 1921.[12][13] He lived in Earls Terrace London at the time.

Arms

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See also

References

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  1. Who was who: a companion to Who's Who, 1967, A. & C. Black, pg 768
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  3. British History Online, Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Walter H Godfrey and Anthony Wagner, 1963, pp. 143-152 URL- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp143-152 Date accessed- 11 January 2018
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  6. The Antiquaries' Journal, vol. 23, 1943, pg 185
  7. British History Online, Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Walter H Godfrey and Anthony Wagner, 1963, pp. 143-152 URL- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp143-152 Date accessed- 11 January 2018
  8. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1905, Earl Cowper pedigree
  9. Allan Family History URL-http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/family/allan.htm Date accessed- 11 January 2018
  10. Who was who: a companion to Who's Who, 1967, A. & C. Black, pg 768
  11. Armorial Families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour, vol. 2, A. C. Fox-Davies, Hurst and Blackett, Ltd, 1929 (seventh edition), pg 1321
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