Henry Farnham Burke

Sir
Henry Farnham Burke
KCVO CB FSA
Sir Henry Farnham Burke KCVO CB FSA
Garter Principal King of Arms
	In office; 1919–1930
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty
Succeeded by	Sir Gerald Wollaston
Personal details
Born	Henry Farnham Burke; 1859; London
Died	1930 (aged 70–71); Dublin
Nationality	British
Parent	Sir Bernard Burke
Known for	Genealogical publications
Website	burkespeerage.com

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.^[1] In that post he was responsible for the design of the Military Cross.^[2]^[3] In 1913 he was given the additional appointment of Genealogist of the Order of the Bath.^[4] On 22 January 1919, he was promoted to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms on the death of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty.^[5] He held this office until his own death in 1930.

Burke was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 11 August 1902,^[6]^[7] and was later promoted to become Knight Commander (KCVO) of the Order. He was awarded CB in the 1911 Coronation Honours.^[8]

Coat of arms of Henry Farnham Burke
	Crest A cat-a-mountain sejant gardant proper, collar & chain or, on the breast a cross or. Escutcheon Or, a cross gules with a lion sable in the first and fourth quarters.^[9] Motto Ung Roy, Ung Foy, Ung Loy ("One king, one faith, one law") Orders the circlet of the Royal Victorian Order as KCVO Symbolism After the arms of the House of de Burgh.

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

^ "No. 28545". The London Gazette. 27 October 1911. p. 7794.
^ “The Military Cross: The New British War Decoration,” Illustrated London News, vol. 146, no. 3959 (6 March 1915): 1.
^ Hoyte C. Evans, “Kitchener and the Military Cross,” Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America (March–April 1957): 14–15, accessed 3 November 2020, http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1957/87251_JOMSA_1957_March-April_13.pdf
^ "No. 28697". The London Gazette. 7 March 1913. p. 1756.
^ "No. 31168". The London Gazette. 7 February 1919. p. 1956.
^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36844. London. 12 August 1902. p. 8.
^ "No. 27467". The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. pp. 5461–5462.
^ "No. 28505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1911. p. 4593.
^ Godfrey, Walter H; Wagner, Anthony (1963). "'Garter King of Arms', in Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street (London, 1963), pp. 38-74". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

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