Clive Cheesman

Clive Cheesman, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, wearing his ceremonial tabard

Clive Edwin Alexander Cheesman (b. 1968) is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, and is currently Richmond Herald, having been appointed on 7 April 2010.^[1] Cheesman was formerly a curator in the Department of Coins and Medals in the British Museum. He was Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary from 17 November 1998 to 7 April 2010.^[2][1] Cheesman has a degree in Literae Humaniores from Oxford University, where he was at Oriel. In 1993 he was awarded the degree of PhD from the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino, with a doctoral thesis on Roman history.^[3] He is co-editor of The Heraldry Society's journal, The Coat of Arms, and since 2008 Chairman of The Friends of The National Archives. He received a Diploma in Law from City University, London, in 1995 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales as a member of Middle Temple in October 1996.

Cheesman's coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms shortly after his appointment as Rouge Dragon. On 31 December 1999, arms were granted with the blazon Per pale and per pall Argent and Sable. These were granted along with a crest blazoned A Crow Sable gorged with an ancient British Torque Or alighting on a man's Skull resting on its side Argent.

Publications

Cheesman, Clive, and Williams, Jonathan, Rebels, Pretenders and Impostors (London: British Museum Press, 2000), ISBN 0-312-23866-5.

Cheesman, Clive (ed.), The Armorial of Haiti. Symbols of Nobility in the Reign of Henry Christophe. With a historical introduction by Marie-Lucie Vendryes and a preface by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean, Governor-General of Canada (London: College of Arms, 2007), ISBN 978-09506980-2-1.

See also

• Heraldry
• Pursuivant

References

1. ^ ^{a b} London Gazette: no. 59387. p. 6285. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
2. ^ London Gazette: no. 55318. p. 12727. 23 November 1998. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
3. ^ Università degli studi della Repubblica di San Marino, Scuola superiore di Studi storici, dottorato di ricerca secondo ciclo.

External links

• The College of Arms
• CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index
• Works by or about Clive Cheesman in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Heraldic offices
Preceded by Timothy Duke	Rouge Dragon Pursuivant 1998 – 2010	Succeeded by to be announced
Preceded by Patric Laurence Dickinson	Richmond Herald 2010 – present	Incumbent

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