Patric Dickinson (genealogist)

English genealogist

Patric Dickinson

LVO

Dickinson robed as Secretary of the Order of the Garter

Clarenceux King of Arms
In office
1 September 2010 – 1 April 2021
Monarch| Elizabeth II
Preceded by| Hubert Chesshyre
Succeeded by| Timothy Duke
Personal details
Born|  (1950-11-24) 24 November 1950 (age 72)
Nationality| British
Residence| London
Education| Marling School
Alma mater| Exeter College, Oxford
Occupation| Genealogist
Salary| £20.25 (as a provincial King of Arms)
£17.80 (as a Herald)
£13.95 (as a Pursuivant)
Awards| LVO 2006
Website| www.college-of-arms.gov.uk

Patric Laurence Dickinson LVO (born 24 November 1950) is an English genealogist. He served as Clarenceux King of Arms from 2010 until 2021. He has worked at the College of Arms in London since 1968.

## Background[edit]

Dickinson was educated at Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire, before going to Exeter College, Oxford, where he read modern history and graduated as MA. He was President of the Oxford Union Society and was subsequently called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. Dickinson served as a research assistant at the College of Arms from 1968 until his appointment as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1978.[1] He served as Richmond Herald from 25 January 1989 until 6 April 2010.[2]

On 6 April 2010, he was promoted to the office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms,[3] holding this office very briefly until he was further advanced to Clarenceux King of Arms on 1 September 2010.[4] He was succeeded in April 2021 by Timothy Duke. In 2004, Dickinson was named Secretary of the Order of the Garter.[5] He is also, inter alios, a Vice-President of the Anthony Powell Society and was elected President of the Society of Genealogists in 2005.

## Honours[edit]

### Decorations[edit]

* 2006: Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)[6]

### Medals[edit]

* 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

### Academic[edit]

* Fellow 2000: Society of Genealogists (FSG)

## Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of Patric Laurence Dickinson  |

Adopted
2 March 1984[7]
Crest
A male griffin segreant Gules armed, beaked and rayed Or holding up a torch inflamed proper.
Escutcheon
Per saltire dovetailed argent and azure, in pale two lymphads sails furled pennons and flags flying gules.
Motto
DIC IN SONIS HONESTIS

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## See also[edit]

* Heraldry
* Pursuivant
* King of Arms

## References[edit]

1. ^ "No. 47662". The London Gazette. 13 October 1978. p. 12188.
2. ^ "No. 51630". The London Gazette. 30 January 1989. p. 1187.
3. ^ "No. 59386". The London Gazette. 9 April 2010. p. 6157.
4. ^ "No. 59536". The London Gazette. 6 September 2010. p. 17131.
5. ^ "No. 57231". The London Gazette. 12 March 2004. p. 3208.
6. ^ "No. 57855". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2005. p. 3.
7. ^ "Armorial - Presidents & VPs - Patric Laurence DICKINSON". whitelionsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

## External links[edit]

* The College of Arms
* Debrett's People of Today
* Society of Genealogists
* CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index

Heraldic offices

Preceded by

Theobald Mathew

|  Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
1978–1989  | Succeeded by

Timothy Duke

Preceded by

Michael Maclagan

|  Richmond Herald
1989–2010  | Succeeded by

Clive Cheesman

Preceded by

Sir Thomas Woodcock

|  Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
2010  | Succeeded by

Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld

Preceded by

Hubert Chesshyre

|  Clarenceux King of Arms
2010–2021  | Succeeded by

Timothy Duke

Honorary titles
Preceded by

Hubert Chesshyre

|  Secretary of the Order of the Garter
2004–present  | Incumbent

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College of Arms

* Earl Marshal
* High Court of Chivalry

Kings of Arms|

* Garter (David White)
* Clarenceux (Timothy Duke)
* Norroy and Ulster (Robert Noel)

Heralds of Arms|

* Richmond (Clive Cheesman)
* York (Peter O'Donoghue)
* Chester (Christopher Fletcher-Vane)
* Windsor (John Allen-Petrie)
* Lancaster (Vacant since 2021)
* Somerset (Vacant since 2021)

Pursuivants of Arms|

* Rouge Dragon (Adam Tuck)
* Bluemantle (Mark Scott)
* Portcullis (Dominic Ingram)
* Rouge Croix (Thomas Johnston)

Officers Extraordinary|

* New Zealand (Phillip O'Shea)
* Maltravers (John Martin Robinson)
* Norfolk (David Rankin-Hunt)
* Wales (Thomas Lloyd)
* Arundel (Anne Curry)
* Fitzalan (Alastair Bruce of Crionaich)

Historical|

* Beaumont (1982-2009)
* Berwick (c.1460–1602)
* Blanche Lyon (c.1461–1831)
* Delhi (1911)
* Howard (1992-1998)
* Mowbray (1623–1849)
* Surrey (1856-1996)

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Current members of the Order of the Garter

Sovereign|

* The King (ex officio)

Royal Knights
and Ladies (Companion)|

* The Duke of Kent
* The Princess Royal
* The Duke of Gloucester
* Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy
* The Duke of York
* The Duke of Edinburgh
* The Prince of Wales (ex officio)
* The Queen

Stranger Knights
and Ladies Companion|

* The Queen of Denmark
* The King of Sweden
* King Juan Carlos I of Spain
* Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
* Emperor Akihito of Japan
* The King of Norway
* The King of Spain
* The King of the Netherlands

Knights and Ladies
Companion|

* The Duke of Abercorn
* The Lord Butler of Brockwell
* Sir John Major
* The Lord Luce
* Sir Thomas Dunne
* The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
* The Lord Stirrup
* The Baroness Manningham-Buller
* The Lord King of Lothbury
* The Lord Shuttleworth
* Lady Mary Fagan
* The Viscount Brookeborough
* Lady Mary Peters
* The Marquess of Salisbury
* The Baroness Amos
* Sir Tony Blair
* The Baroness Ashton of Upholland
* The Lord Patten of Barnes
* 6 vacancies

Officers|

* Debbie Sellin, acting Bishop of Winchester (Prelate, ex officio)
* The Duke of Abercorn (Chancellor)
* Vacant (Register, ex officio)
* David White (Garter King of Arms, ex officio)
* Patric Dickinson (Secretary)
* Sarah Clarke (Black Rod, ex officio)

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