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EspañolHENRY LANE (OFFICER OF ARMS)
'Henry Murray Lane' (3 March, 1833 – 24 May 1913) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
He was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, the sixth son of Rev. Charles Lane and Frances Catherine Sandford Lane. Through his father, he was a descendant of the Lane family of Bentley Hall (later of Kings Bromley) one of which was Jane Lane, the English Civil War heroine[1]. His mother was a daughter of the Right Rev. Dr. Daniel Sandford, DD, Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806 until 1830.
He was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary on August 11, 1849 [2] at the age of 15, and promoted to the rank of Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary on July 18, 1864 [3]. He was Registrar of the College of Arms from 1880 to 1887 and secretary to Garter Mission to the Court of St. Petersburg in 1867 [4].
1. ''Lane of Bentley Hall, now of Kings Bromely Manor, co. Stafford'', Henry Murray Lane, (1898, reprinted 1910, London)
2. London Gazette, August 14 1849, reprinted in ''The Times'', August 15 1849
3. London Gazette, July 19, 1864, reprinted in ''The Times'', July 20, 1864
4. Obituary in ''The Times'', May 28, 1913 (which incorrectly gives the date of his appointment as Bluemantle Pursuivant as 1859)
★ His armorial shield
★ Genealogical information
| Contents |
| Personal life |
| Heraldic career |
| Notes and References |
| External links |
Personal life
He was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, the sixth son of Rev. Charles Lane and Frances Catherine Sandford Lane. Through his father, he was a descendant of the Lane family of Bentley Hall (later of Kings Bromley) one of which was Jane Lane, the English Civil War heroine[1]. His mother was a daughter of the Right Rev. Dr. Daniel Sandford, DD, Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806 until 1830.
Heraldic career
He was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary on August 11, 1849 [2] at the age of 15, and promoted to the rank of Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary on July 18, 1864 [3]. He was Registrar of the College of Arms from 1880 to 1887 and secretary to Garter Mission to the Court of St. Petersburg in 1867 [4].
Notes and References
1. ''Lane of Bentley Hall, now of Kings Bromely Manor, co. Stafford'', Henry Murray Lane, (1898, reprinted 1910, London)
2. London Gazette, August 14 1849, reprinted in ''The Times'', August 15 1849
3. London Gazette, July 19, 1864, reprinted in ''The Times'', July 20, 1864
4. Obituary in ''The Times'', May 28, 1913 (which incorrectly gives the date of his appointment as Bluemantle Pursuivant as 1859)
External links
★ His armorial shield
★ Genealogical information
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