"College of Arms" Gerald Wollaston Hand Written Letter Dated 1936 for Sale

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"College of Arms" Gerald Wollaston Hand Written Letter Dated 1936 For Sale

Up for sale "College of Arms" Sir Gerald Wollaston Hand Written Letter Dated 1936.

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Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston KCB KCVO (2

June 1874 – 4 March 1957) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Wollaston's family had a firm tradition at the College

of Arms. Wollaston's great-grandfather was Sir William Woods, Garter Principal King of

Arms from 1838 until his death in 1842. His grandfather

was Sir Albert William Woods who

held the same post from 1869 to 1904. Wollaston's first heraldic post came in 1902 with his appointment as Fitzalan Pursuivant of

Arms Extraordinary. This appointment came on the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in

that year. He held this post until becoming a member of the College chapter on

11 January 1906 as Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in

Ordinary. On 26 February 1919, Wollaston was promoted to the

office of Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary.

He remained a herald in ordinary until 1929, when he was

appointed Norroy King of Arms. He became Garter Principal King of

Arms in 1930 to replace Henry Burke. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in

the 1935 New Year Honours[5] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1937 Coronation Honours..

Wollaston retired from the post of Garter in 1944 to become the second Norroy and Ulster King of

Arms and served as such until his death in 1957.

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