Theobald Mathew (officer of arms)
- Theobald Mathew (officer of arms)
Theobald David Mathew, Esq, MA, (7 April 1942 – 24 December 1998) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
Theobald Mathew was the son of solicitor Robert Mathew and Joan Young, and great-nephew of Sir Arthur Cochrane, Clarenceux King of Arms from 1928 to 1954. He was educated at Downside and Balliol College, Oxford.
Mathew was a Green Staff Officer at the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969. He was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary on March 24 1970, [LondonGazette|issue=45066|startpage=3415|date=24 March 1970|accessdate=2008-01-14] and promoted to Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary on October 9, 1978. [LondonGazette|issue=47661|startpage=12091|date=12 October 1978|accessdate=2008-01-14] Mathew reigned from this post in 1997. He had also been deputy treasurer of the College of Arms from 1978.
Theobald Mathew was made an Esquire of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1977, [LondonGazette|issue=47369|startpage=13902|endpage=13904|date=4 November 1977|accessdate=2008-01-14] and an Officer in 1986. [LondonGazette|issue=50574|startpage=8249|endpage=8250|date=20 June 1986|accessdate=2008-01-14]
Death
In 1998, he died at West Mersea, Essex, aged 56.
Coat of Arms
Theobald Mathew was granted armorial bearings on March 5 1981. These are blazoned
*(Arms) "Or a lion rampant and a chief engrailed of three points flory sable"
*(Crest) "A heathcock sable beaked and legged gules supporting with the dexter claw an ostrich feather gold"
ee also
*Heraldry
*Pursuivant
*Herald
Notes
References
* "Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001", Hubert Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, (Illuminata, London 2001) ISBN 0-9537845-1-7
Persondata
NAME=Mathew, Theobald David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Officer of Arms
DATE OF BIRTH=April 7 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH=London, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH=December 24 1998
PLACE OF DEATH=West Mersea, Essex, England, UK
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