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Walter Blount (officer of arms)

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Coat of arms of Walter Blount as Clarenceux King of Arms: Clarenceux King of Arms impaling Blount, as for a Bishop, where the arms of the see impale the personal arms
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enquiry into the College of Arms in 1869, he admitted that he did "very little indeed" since becoming a
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in 1882. Contemporary evidence shows him to have been an inactive officer of arms. At the
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in 1859. He held this position until his promotion to the post of
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Burials at St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake
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A Sun in spleandour charged with a dexter Gauntlet proper
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Walter Blount began his heraldic career when he was made
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London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer
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Barry wavy or and sable, a crescent for difference.
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Walter Aston Blount

Esq
FSA
officer of arms
College of Arms
Edward Blount
Worcestershire
Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary
Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Blanc Coursier Herald
Order of the Bath
coat of arms
quarterings
Norroy King of Arms
Clarenceux King of Arms
Earl Marshal's
King of Arms
herald
St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake

Pursuivant
Herald
King of Arms
Heraldry
Stroud, Gloucestershire
The History Press
ISBN
978 0 7524 6183 0
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