Henry Lane (officer of arms)

Henry 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.

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 whom was Jane Lane, the English Civil War heroine ["Lane of Bentley Hall, now of Kings Bromley Manor, co. Stafford", Henry Murray Lane, (1898, reprinted 1910, London)] . 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 [London Gazette, August 14 1849, reprinted in "The Times", August 15 1849] at the age of 15, and promoted to the rank of Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary on July 18, 1864 [London Gazette, July 19, 1864, reprinted in "The Times", July 20, 1864] . 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 [Obituary in "The Times", May 28, 1913 (which incorrectly gives the date of his appointment as Bluemantle Pursuivant as 1859)] .

Notes and References

External links

* [http://cheshire-heraldry.org.uk/heralds/CH3.html His armorial shield]
* [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ll/lane01.htm Genealogical information]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p20841.htm#i208410 Further genealogical information]


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