David White (officer of arms)

David Vines White (born 27 October 1961) serves as Garter Principal King of Arms since 2021, a member of the Royal Household.[1]

Garter King Of Arms David white wearing the tabard of Garter King of arms and holding Garters Sceptre on the introduction of Lord Sedwill into the House of Lords on the 21st of October 2021

As the senior herald and genealogist at the College of Arms in London, he is responsible for the governance of the law of arms in England and Wales, the succession of peerage titles, and other official ceremonial duties.[2]

Life

He was born in Scotland, the younger son of Sheila (née Chatterton) and Peter Vines White.[3] He was educated at Marlborough College, and them attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating as MA.

As an undergraduate he was elected President of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society. He then pursued postgraduate studies at the Courtauld Institute, receiving a further MA degree from University of London.[4]

White served as a research assistant to Theobald Mathew, Windsor Herald. In 1995, he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant, following in the tradition of eminent genealogists such as Sir Henry Farnham Burke. In 2004, he was promoted Somerset Herald, and from 2014 to 2021 was also Registrar of the College of Arms.[5] On 1 July 2021, White became Garter Principal King of Arms, succeeding Sir Thomas Woodcock.[6] On 1 August 2021, White was also appointed as Inspector of Regimental Colours within the British Army.[7]

He is a member of the Council of The Heraldry Society of London (Chairman 2006–09, now Hon. FHS) and of the British Record Society. Since 2010, White has served as Honorary Genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order.[8]

He is also a member of the Travellers' Club.

Decorations

Arms
Coat of arms of David Vines White
Crest
A cock's head erased sable combed and wattled gules gorged by three annulets engrailed argent.
Escutcheon
Argent goutty de sang three cocks' heads erased sable combed and wattled gules a bordure engrailed sable.[9]
Other versions
White impales the Garter King's arms of office (dexter) with his family arms (sinister).

See also

References
  1. The Order of the Garter The Royal Family
  2. The Officers of Arms College of Arms
  3. Notice of death of Sheila White, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 13 April 2015.
  4. "White, David Vines, (born 27 Oct. 1961)". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u70860. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. London Gazette profile; accessed 13 April 2015.
  6. "No. 63408". The London Gazette. 5 July 2021. p. 77.
  7. "No. 63522". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 November 2021. p. 20040.
  8. The College of Arms Newsletter no. 25 Archived 7 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, June 2010, pg. 2; accessed 13 April 2015.
  9. "Armorial - Honorary Members - David Vines WHITE". whitelionsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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