3-090-393 - Ware in the World/Heritage Images

Heralds at St. James's Palace, London, 1953. Participants in the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. 'The Officers of Arms of the Heralds' College...in the tabards which recall the mediaeval origin of their functions: Bluemantle Pursuivant, Mr. James Arnold Frere; Clarenceux King of Arms, Sir Arthur Cochrane; Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, Mr. Robin Mirrlees; and Portcullis Pursuivant, the Master of Sinclair. There are three Kings of Arms - Garter, Clarenceux, and Norroy and Ulster - and four Pursuivants among the Officers of the College of Arms, who are all members of the Royal Household'.