Henry Robert Charles Martin
| Henry Martin | |
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| Country |  England |
| Born | 1889 Maskeliya, Ceylon |
| Died | 1942 |
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
[edit]Born at Maskeliya, Ceylon, the eldest son of Henry Thomas Martin, later of South Kensington,[1] Martin was educated at Bedford School, then at Lincoln College, Oxford. He was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1912. He represented England as a badminton player.[2] During the First World War, he served as a captain in the East Lancashire Regiment, and in the Intelligence Department from 1938-41.[3] His first heraldic appointment came on 31 May 1922 when he was made Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary to replace 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 Hatley St George, Cambridge; they had three daughters: Diana, Pamela (who married, in 1936, John Maitland Cowper, of Barclays Bank),[8][9] and June.[10][11]
Badminton career
[edit]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
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Who was who: a companion to Who's Who, 1967, A. & C. Black, pg 768
- ^ "History". All England Badminton.
- ^ 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
- ^ "No. 32717". The London Gazette. 6 June 1922. p. 4328.
- ^ "No. 33410". The London Gazette. 7 July 1928. p. 45309328.
- ^ The Antiquaries' Journal, vol. 23, 1943, pg 185
- ^ 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
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1905, Earl Cowper pedigree
- ^ Allan Family History URL-http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/family/allan.htm Date accessed- 11 January 2018
- ^ Who was who: a companion to Who's Who, 1967, A. & C. Black, pg 768
- ^ Armorial Families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour, vol. 2, A. C. Fox-Davies, Hurst and Blackett, Ltd, 1929 (seventh edition), pg 1321
- ^ "Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport". Google Books.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, Southampton, England 1926". Ancestry UK.
- ^ 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