Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong

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Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong was born on 21 February 1888 at London, England.1,2 He was the son of William Charles Heaton-Armstrong and Baroness Bertha Maximiliana Zais Edelstein.1 He married Suzanne Laura de Balan, daughter of Etienne Desire Frederic Bechet de Balan, on 21 June 1919.1 He died on 27 August 1967 at age 79.1

He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.1 He graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)1 He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1912 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-law.1 He was invested in the Order of the Albanian Eagle.1 He fought in the First World War, as a Captain with the 20th Deccan Horse of the Indian Army Reserve. He was wounded.1 He held the office of Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms between 1922 and 1926.1 He held the office of Chester Herald between 1926 and 1956.1 He was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1937.1 He held the office of Registrar College of Arms between 1939 and 1950.1 He fought in the Second World War, as a Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.1 He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1953.1 He held the office of Clarenceux King of Arms between 1956 and 1967.1 He held the office of Inspector of Royal Air Force, and Australian and New Zealand Air Forces Badges.1 He lived at Carlisle Mansions, 46 Carlisle Place, London, England.1

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• First name(s) J D Heaton
• Last name Armstrong
• Service number -
• Rank Captain, Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant
• Corps Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Interpretation Corps, 20th Deccan Horse
• Service record Rank: Captain, Corps: Indian Army Reserve of Officers
• Service record 2 Rank: Second Lieutenant, Corps: Interpretation Corps
• Service record 3 Rank: Lieutenant, Corps: 20th Deccan Horse
• Archive reference WO372/1
• Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
• Country Great Britain
• Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1051303
• Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
• Category Armed forces & conflict
• Subcategory First World War

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Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong MVO (1888 – 1967) was a long-serving English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

During the First World War he was commissioned into the Cavalry Branch of the Reserve of Officers of the British Indian Army as a second lieutenant,[1] and was later promoted to lieutenant.[2] His first heraldic appointment at the College came on 6 April 1922, when he was made Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. On 14 October 1926, Heaton-Armstrong was promoted to the position of Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary.[3] This office was made vacant by the promotion of Arthur Cochrane to the office of Norroy King of Arms. He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (fourth class) (MVO) in 1937.[4] While holding this post, Heaton-Armstrong took a leave from the College of Arms to fight in World War II.[5] During this conflict, he rose to the rank of squadron leader in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force.[6][7] He relinquished his commission in 1944,[8] and returned to the College of Arms, and was knighted in the Coronation Honours of 1953.[9][10]

In 1956, with the death of Archibald George Blomefield Russel, Heaton-Armstrong was promoted to the office of Clarenceux King of Arms.[11] As such, he was responsible for the granting of arms in his jurisdiction south of the River Trent. No doubt because of his war service and perhaps by virtue of his being a King of Arms, Heaton-Armstrong held for some period the honorary post of Inspector of Royal Air Force Badges. Heaton-Armstrong continued to serve as Clarenceux until his own death in late 1967.[12]

Heaton-Armstrong's own coat of arms was blazoned Quarterly (1 and 4) Gules three dexter Arms embowed in armour Argent the Hands closed proper (2 and 3) Vert a Lion rampant Argent.

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Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong (1888-1967) had a more orthodox education and qualified as a barrister in 1912. After the First World War he joined the College of Arms, where he worked for forty-five years as Chester Herald and later Clarenceux King of Arms, as well as serving as Registrar and Librarian. Even his life was not without its excitements, however: his French wife was related to the von Trapp family whose life in, and escape from, Austria is fictionalised in The Sound of Music. When the family reached safety in England it was with the Heaton-Armstrongs that they stayed while waiting for visas for the United States.