Walter Verco
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Sir Walter Verco KCVO | |
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Norroy and Ulster King of Arms | |
In office 1971–1980 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Richard Graham-Vivian |
Succeeded by | John Brooke-Little |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 January 1907 |
Died | 10 March 2001 (aged 94) |
Sir Walter John George Verco officer of arms who served in many capacities at the College of Arms in London.
Biography
Walter John George Verco was born in London on 18 January 1907.[1] He was educated at Tollington Park Central School.
In 1954 he was appointed
Verco was Honorary Genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order from 1968 to 1988 and Secretary to the Order of the Garter from 1974 to 1988.[4]
Honours and appointments
Verco was appointed a member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1952. He was advanced to the degree of Commander of the same Order in 1970, and was made a Knight Commander in 1981.
Coats of Arms designed by Walter Verco
- Mr Anthony Cronk, FRSA[5]
- City of Ryde, New South Wales, Australia (1963).[6]
Arms
See also
- Herald
- The Heraldry Society
- Officer of Arms
References
- ^ "Sir Walter Verco". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04.
- ^ "No. 54406". The London Gazette. 23 May 1996. p. 7145.
- ^ D. H. B. Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987–2001 (London: Illuminata, 2001), p. 14.
- ^ D. H. B. Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987–2001 (London: Illuminata, 2001), p. 14.
- ^ Heraldry Gazette NS 62 (December 1996), 6.
- ISBN 0-85179-149-2.