Henry Robert Charles Martin

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Henry Martin
Personal information
Country England
Born1889
Maskeliya, Ceylon
Died1942

Henry Robert Charles Martin (1889 – 1942) was a long-serving

officer of arms at the College of Arms in London and a male English international badminton
player.

Profile

Born at

Archibald George Blomefield Russell.[4] He held this position until 2 August 1928 when he was promoted to the office of Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary to replace Gerald Wollaston.[5] Martin was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1930. He held this office until his death from heart failure on 23 July 1942.[6][7]

In 1914, Martin had married Mary Gladys, daughter of the Rev. John Whitby St Quintin, M.A., rector of

Barclays Bank),[8][9] and June.[10][11]

Badminton career

He was part of the English team that toured Canada in 1925 to promote the sport on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in 1921.[12][13] He lived in Earls Terrace London at the time.

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Robert Charles Martin
Notes
Granted in 1926[14]
Crest
From an Eastern crown Or a horse's head Sable mane Or charged on the neck with a scallop Or.
Escutcheon
Argent 2 bars & 6 escallops in orle Gules.
Motto
Mediocria Maxima
Badge
A scallop reversed Gules charged with a martlet Or.

See also

References

  1. ^ Who was who: a companion to Who's Who, 1967, A. & C. Black, pg 768
  2. ^ "History". All England Badminton.
  3. ^ British History Online, Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Walter H Godfrey and Anthony Wagner, 1963, pp. 143-152 URL- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp143-152 Date accessed- 11 January 2018
  4. ^ "No. 32717". The London Gazette. 6 June 1922. p. 4328.
  5. ^ "No. 33410". The London Gazette. 7 July 1928. p. 45309328.
  6. ^ The Antiquaries' Journal, vol. 23, 1943, pg 185
  7. ^ British History Online, Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Walter H Godfrey and Anthony Wagner, 1963, pp. 143-152 URL- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp143-152 Date accessed- 11 January 2018
  8. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1905, Earl Cowper pedigree
  9. ^ Allan Family History URL-http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/family/allan.htm Date accessed- 11 January 2018
  10. ^ Who was who: a companion to Who's Who, 1967, A. & C. Black, pg 768
  11. ^ Armorial Families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour, vol. 2, A. C. Fox-Davies, Hurst and Blackett, Ltd, 1929 (seventh edition), pg 1321
  12. ^ "Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport". Google Books.
  13. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, Southampton, England 1926". Ancestry UK.
  14. ^ British History Online, Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Walter H Godfrey and Anthony Wagner, 1963, pp. 143-152 URL- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp143-152 Date accessed- 11 January 2018
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