Wales Herald Extraordinary

Theheraldic badge of Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary
Heraldic tradition	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction	England,Wales andNorthern Ireland
Governing body	College of Arms

Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary (Welsh:Herodr Arbennig Cymru) is a currentOfficer of Arms Extraordinary under theCourts of England and Wales'jurisdiction.Wales is aRoyalHerald, i.e. a member of the Royal Household, and while not being a member of chapter of theCollege of Arms, processes with the other heralds at ceremonial occasions.Wales Herald forms an integral part of the procession when theBritish monarch officially opens a session ofSenedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament atCardiff Bay.^[1]

There was formerly aWales Herald in the late 14th century, but that office was short-lived.^[2] The post was re-established in 1963 as an Officer of Arms Extraordinary, its first appointee beingFrancis Jones.

Thebadge dates from 1967 and depicts a treasuredmedievalWelsh possession, theCroes Naid—a cross heavily gilded and jewelled and said to contain a fragment of theTrue Cross ofJesusChrist; it is blazonedIssuant from an open Royal Crown of the 13th century Or a representation of a Croes Naid also Or jewelled Proper.

The present Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary is Thomas Lloyd, OBE, DL, FSA, having succeeded Michael Siddons in 2010.^[3]

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
	Francis Jones	9 August 1963 – 1993	[4]
	Michael Siddons	2 November 1994 – 2010	[5]
	Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd	30 June 2010 – Present	[6]

• Herald
• Welsh heraldry

Citations

Bibliography

• The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street: being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee,Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by SirAnthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
• A History of the College of Arms &c,Mark Noble, (London, 1804)

• The College of Arms

• English offices of arms

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