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unusual facts about Garter King of Arms



Prince of Scotland

Both Mary, Queen of Scots, and George II of Great Britain used the titles and styles, but on the accession of George VI there was a difference between the opinion of the Lord Lyon and the advice given by the Scottish Lords of Appeal to the Garter King of Arms.


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Charles Wriothesley

Thomas Wall was made Garter King of Arms, and Charles was made Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary.

John Anstis

When the Garter King of Arms, Sir Thomas St George, died in March 1703 Anstis was in a position to advise Lady Howard on how to protect her son's rights from the threat of a royal nomination of a new Garter on the one hand and the assumption of the nomination by the deputy earl marshal.