David White (officer of arms)

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Somerset Herald wearing his ceremonial tabard

David Vines White (born 27 October 1961, Glasgow) is the current Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms in London. He is the younger son of Sheila (née Chatterton) and Peter Vines White.

White was educated at Marlborough College, before going to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he obtained the degree of MA. As an undergraduate he was president of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society and later he received a further MA degree from the University of London.

White then served as a research assistant to Theobald Mathew, Windsor Herald, and in 1995 was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant, following in the tradition of eminent genealogists, such as Sir Henry Farnham Burke. In 2004 he was appointed Somerset Herald.

White is a member of Council of The Heraldry Society in London and served as its chairman 2006–09. He is a member of Council of the British Record Society. In 2010, he was appointed honorary genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order.

Somerset Herald's day job is researching and proving genealogies, as well as facilitating new grants of arms to suitable applicants.

Decorations

• 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Heraldic offices
Preceded by Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld	Rouge Croix Pursuivant 1995 – 2004	Succeeded by John Michael Allen-Petrie
Preceded by Thomas Woodcock	Somerset Herald 2004 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by William Hunt	Registrar of the College of Arms 2014 – present	Incumbent
Honorary titles
Preceded by Hubert Chesshyre	Honorary Genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order 2010–present	Incumbent

See also

• Heraldry
• Pursuivant
• Herald

External links

• The College of Arms website
• Debrett's People of Today