Henry Farnham Burke

Irish officer of arms
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIrish officer of arms
A.K.A.Sir Henry Farnham Burke
A.K.A.Sir Henry Farnham Burke
PlacesIreland
wasOfficer
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1859
Death1 January 1930 (aged 71 years)
The details

Biography

Sir Henry Farnham Burke KCVO CB FSA (1859–1930) was a long-serving Anglo-Irish officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

Biography

A son of Sir Bernard Burke (who was Ulster King of Arms from 1853 until his death in 1892), Henry Burke was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1880. In 1887, Burke was promoted to the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 26 October 1911, Burke was promoted to Norroy King of Arms to replace Sir William Henry Weldon. In 1913 he was given the additional appointment of Genealogist of the Order of the Bath. On 22 January 1919, he was promoted to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms on the death of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty. He held this office until his own death in 1930.

Heraldic succession

Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker
Rouge Croix Pursuivant
1880–1887
Succeeded by
George William Marshall
Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker
Somerset Herald
1887–1911
Succeeded by
Everard Green
Preceded by
Sir William Henry Weldon
Norroy King of Arms
1911–1919
Succeeded by
Charles Harold Athill
Preceded by
Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty
Garter King of Arms
1919–1930
Succeeded by
Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston

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