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Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet (born 7 December 1943) is a British baronet and retired officer of arms.
Family and career
Paston-Bedingfeld is the only son of Sir Edmund Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, by his wife Joan Lynette Rees. He succeeded to the family title upon his father's death on 24 May 2011.[1] He was educated at Ampleforth College, then an all-boys independent school in Ampleforth, Yorkshire.
Paston-Bedingfeld served as Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, the junior of the two provincial Kings-at-Arms with jurisdiction over the north of England and Northern Ireland, between 2010 and 2014.[2] He had previously been York Herald since 1993[3] and prior to that Rouge Croix Pursuivant from 1983.[4]
He is an Honorary Vice-President of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society and of the Norfolk Record Society;[5] Sir Henry is a liveryman of the Bowyers' Company and served as Master of the Scriveners' Company for 2012–13.
He married, in 1968, Mary Kathleen daughter of Brigadier Robert Ambrose CIE OBE MC. Sir Henry and Lady Paston-Bedingfeld have two sons and two daughters; their elder son, Richard (born 1975) is heir apparent to the baronetcy.
Selected heraldic designs by Paston-Bedingfeld
- Derby School[6]
- Institute of Traffic Accident Inspectors[7]
- Royal Society of St George[8]
Honours
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See also
- Heraldry
- College of Arms
- Paston-Bedingfeld baronets
References
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
- ^ "College of Arms, What's New – Norroy and Ulster King of Arms". Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ^ "No. 53435". The London Gazette. 23 September 1993. p. 15437.
- ^ "No. 49291". The London Gazette. 17 March 1983. p. 3737.
- ^ www.norfolkrecordsociety.org.uk
- ^ Heraldry Gazette NS 67 (March 1998), 6.
- ^ The Heraldry Gazette NS 64 (June 1997), 6.
- ^ Heraldry Gazette NS 67 (March 1998), 7.
- ^ Scriveners' Company arms Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Biography on Debrett's People of Today website
- Standing Council of the Baronetage website
- www.scriveners.org.uk
| Baronetage of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Edmund Paston-Bedingfeld | Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld (as 10th baronet) 2011–present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Heraldic offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Woodcock | ){kind=icon} 1983–1993 | Succeeded by David Vines White |
| Preceded by Peter Spurrier | ){kind=icon} 1993–2010 | Succeeded by Peter O'Donoghue |
| Preceded by Patric Dickinson | ){kind=small} 2010–2014 | Succeeded by Timothy Duke |
| Civic offices | ||
| Preceded by Peter Esslemont | Master of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners 2012–2013 | Succeeded by John Tunesi of Liongam |