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| Formation | 23 April 1971; 54 years ago (1971-04-23) |
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| Founder | William Crampton |
| Type | Charitable incorporated organisation |
| Registration no. | 1152496 |
| Purpose | Vexillology |
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President | Malcolm Farrow |
Key people | John Hall (Chairman) |
| Website | www |
TheFlag Institute is a membership organisation and UK-registered educational charity devoted to the study and promotion offlags and flag flying.[1] It documents flags in the UK and around the world, maintains a UK Flag Registry, and offers advice and guidance about flags and their design and usage. It is often consulted on these matters but holds no official status or authority.
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The Flag Institute was formed from the Flag Section ofThe Heraldry Society onSt George's Day, 23 April 1971, byWilliam Crampton, later president ofFIAV, with E.M.C. Barraclough as its chairman.[2][3] It is a membership-basedvexillological organisation with over 400 members from all parts of the world, an adviser to the UK Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee, and the provider of advice and information to individuals and organisations includingUK Government departments, theBBC,ITN, and many publishers, museums and libraries.[4]
The Flag Institute became a charity in 2013, following a postal vote of its members, and is governed by a board of five elected Trustees, who are advised by the President and a number of appointed Officers. It maintains theWilliam Crampton Library, named in honour of its co-founder, and publishes a bi-annual journal,Flagmaster. It holds twice-yearly Conferences, open to members and non-members, in locations around the UK or on Zoom.
In 2010 the Flag Institute and the UK Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee campaigned successfully to ensure that the national flag of theUnited Kingdom would fly permanently from the flagpole of the Houses of Parliament. Previously the Union Flag had flown only whenParliament was in session, leaving the flagpole bare at other times.[5]
The Flag Institute maintains and manages a UK Flag Registry recording the national, supranational, local and community flags flown in the UK and its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.
Its officers have also been involved in several flag designs, including those for the badge and ensign of theUK Border Agency[6] and the flag of theUK Supreme Court.[7]
All Scottish flags must, by law, be authorised byLord Lyon and recorded in the 'Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland' and he appointed the Flag Institute'sPhilip Tibbetts to the newly created role ofHonorary Vexillologist to the Court of the Lord Lyon. The Earl Marshal and theCollege of Arms are legally responsible for flags in the rest of the UK.[8] Both the College of Arms and the Court of Lord Lyon maintain the official register of flags for their respective country or countries. Flags and symbols relating to the UK Armed Forces are regulated by the Crown through theMinistry of Defence, which also governs flags flown at sea by British-registered vessels.[9]
In 2010 the Flag Institute, with the Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee,[10] published a guide to Britain's flagprotocol,Flying Flags in the United Kingdom. A revised edition was published in 2020.[11]
First published in the United Kingdom in 2010 by the Flag Institute in association with the Flags and Heraldry Committee of the UK Parliament and with support from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Copyright © The Flag Institute 2010, revisions 2020.
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