Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen har delat The Priory of Scotland of the Order of St Johns inlägg.

4 dagar sedan

Sir Conrad Swan har gått bort.
Denne välkände heraldiker var kunnig och intresserad på djupet, och hade bland annat ett stort intresse för Skandinavisk heraldik och var tidvis även medlem i vår förening.The Priory of Scotland is saddened to hear of the death of Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan KCVO, KStJ 1924 - 2019.

He was a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and a Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta .

He was predeceased by his wife Lady Hilda, a Dame of Honour and Devotion of SMOM,and a Serving Sister of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, who was tragically killed in a car accident on the 4 December 1995.

Sir Conrad co authored Blood of the Martyrs for the SMOM with Peter Drummond- Murray in 1993.

He was a retired long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London and Genealogist of the British Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Sir Conrad developed an exceptional heraldic career.
He was first appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1962 and six years later became York Herald of Arms in Ordinary.
In these capacities, he was among the Earl Marshal's staff for the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965,
the Investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969, and was Gentleman Usher-in-Waiting to Pope John Paul II during his visit to the United Kingdom in 1982.

He was appointed Garter Principal King of Arms in 1992 on the retirement of Sir Alexander Colin Cole.

Our condolences are with his children, family and friends . ... se merse mindre

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