Hubert Chesshyre in the procession to the annual service of the Order of the Garter

David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, CVO (* 22 June 1940) is Clarenceux King of Arms. Both of his parents are of ancient families, though precisely what this means is a mystery to most people, since no family can be appreciably more ancient than another, each new person being the product of two parents in perpetual succession for hundreds of thousands of years. His paternal line had no authorised coat of arms until he himself procured a grant of arms in 1970. His paternal grandfather's surname was Isacke, not Chesshyre (Burke's Peerage 107th edn vol 1 p 430). He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, at Trinity College, Cambridge (Modern Languages BA - taking a 2.2 in all three parts of his Tripos, MA - not a postgraduate qualification but something Cambridge graduates pick up automatically some while after graduation), and at Christ Church, Oxford (Diploma in Education). He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London as well as a fellow of the Heraldry Society. Chesshyre served as a Green Staff Officer at the investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales in 1969. He joined the College of Arms as Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1971 at which time he also joined the staff of Sir Anthony Wagner.

[edit] Publications

• D.H.B. Chesshyre, 'Sir Edward Walker (1612-1677)', The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)

• Hubert Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, Heralds of today: a biographical list of the officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001, with a foreword by the Earl of Arundel (London: Illuninata, 2001)

• D.H.B. Chesshyre, 'The modern herald', Patricia Lovett, The British Library companion to calligraphy, illumination and heraldry: a history and practical guide (London: British Library, 2000), pp. 257-268

• Peter J. Begent and Hubert Chesshyre, The most noble Order of the Garter 650 years, with a foreword by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh KG and a chapter on the statutes of the Order by Dr Lisa Jefferson (London: Spink, 1999)

• Hubert Chesshyre, Garter banners of the nineties (Windsor: College of Arms, 1998)

• D.H.B. Chesshyre and Thomas Woodcock, edd., Dictionary of British arms vol. 1 (London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 1992)

• D.H.B. Chesshyre, 'Canting heraldry', The Coat of Arms n.s. 7 (1987-89), no. 138, pp. 29-31

• Hubert Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, Heralds of today: a biographical list of the officers of the College of Arms, London, 1963-86, with a foreword by the Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshall (sic) of England (Gerrards Cross: Van Duren, 1986)

• A.J. Robinson and D.H.B. Chesshyre, The Green: a history of the heart of Bethnal Green and the legend of the Blind Beggar (1st edn, London: Borough of Tower Hamlets, 1978; 2nd edn, London: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Central Library, 1986)

• P.J. Begent and D.H.B. Chesshyre, 'The Spencer-Churchill augmentations', The Coat of Arms n.s. 6 (1984-86), no. 134, pp. 151-5

• P.J. Begent and D.H.B. Chesshyre, 'The Fitzwilliam armorial plate in St. George's Chapel, Windsor', The Coat of Arms n.s. 4 (1980-82), no. 114, pp. 269-74

• Hubert Chesshyre, The identification of coats and arms on British silver, drawings by Margaret J. Clark (London: Hawkslure Publications, 1978)

• Carl Alexander von Volborth, Heraldry of the world, ed. D.H.B. Chesshyre, translated into English by Bob and Inge Gosney (London: Blandford Press, 1973)

[edit] See also

• Heraldry
• Pursuivant
• Herald
• King of Arms

[edit] External links

• The College of Arms
• CUHGS Officer of Arms Index
• His shield (2nd from bottom)
• Works by or about Hubert Chesshyre in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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