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William Lindsay CVO FSA Clarenceux King of Arms from 1922 until 1926.

William Alexander Lindsay CVO FSA (8 June 1846 – 13 September 1926) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.[1] Lindsay was the son of Hon. Colin Lindsay son of James 7th Earl of Balcarres, 24th Earl of Crawford and Lady Frances Howard, daughter of the Earl of Wicklow. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was President of the Cambridge Union.[2] On 7 May 1870, he married Lady Harriet Hamilton-Gordon, a daughter of the 5th Earl of Aberdeen and Mary Baillie. His heraldic career began in 1882 when he was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant in Ordinary at the College of Arms.[3] He was promoted to the office of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1894.[4] In 1919, he was promoted Norroy King of Arms after Charles Athill was promoted to Clarenceux King of Arms.[5] Three years later, Lindsay followed Athill to the role of Clarenceux on Athill's death.[6] Lindsay held the office from 1922 until his own death in 1926.[7]

Arms

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Coat of arms of William Lindsay
Adopted
Matriculated Lyon Register 1871, and with the College of Arms in 1897.
Crest
From an antique ducal coronet a swan's head neck & wings proper.
Escutcheon
Quarterly, (1 & 4) gules, a fess checquy argent & azure (Lindsay); (2) or, a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure debruised of a ribbon sable (Abernethy); (3) quarterly, (i & iv) gules, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy argent (Howard); (ii & iii) argent, a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure (Forward).[8]
Motto
Endure Fort

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lindsay, William Alexander (LNDY864WA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "Lindsay, William Alexander (LNDY864WA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "No. 25183". The London Gazette. 29 December 1882. p. 6649.
  4. ^ "No. 26494". The London Gazette. 13 March 1894. p. 1523.
  5. ^ "No. 31574". The London Gazette. 30 September 1919. p. 12009.
  6. ^ "No. 32781". The London Gazette. 29 December 1922. p. 9162.
  7. ^ "No. 33210". The London Gazette. 12 October 1926. p. 6543.
  8. ^ "Clarenceux King of Arms | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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Heraldic offices
Preceded by Portcullis Pursuivant
1882–1894 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Windsor Herald
1894–1919 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Norroy King of Arms
1919–1922 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Clarenceux King of Arms
1922–1926 		Succeeded by


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