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Rodney Dennys

Lieutenant-Colonel
Rodney Dennys
CVO OBE FSA
Somerset Herald
In office
1967–1982
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byMichael Trappes-Lomax
Succeeded bySir Thomas Woodcock
Personal details
Born16 July 1911
Died13 August 1993 (aged 82)

Rodney Onslow Dennys, CVO, OBE, FSA (16 July 1911 – 13 August 1993) was a British foreign service operative and long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. During World War II he served in the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.[1]

Early life

Rodney Dennys was born on 16 July 1911 at Ipoh, Perak, in the colony of British Malaya, where his father Frederick Dennys was a civil servant. He was educated at Canford School, before joining the Foreign Office.[1]

Career

Dennys joined the Foreign Service in 1937. During World War II, he was a member of the Intelligence Corps. For his war work in the Middle East, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 14 October 1943.[2] He returned to the Foreign Office,serving in various intelligence posts, including Cairo, Ankara and Paris, where he was First Secretary.[1] He was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1949,[3] and relinquished his commission in 1966, retaining that rank.[4]

Dennys joined the staff at the College of Arms in 1958. His first heraldic appointment came on 8 August 1961 when he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary to replace Walter Verco.[5] He continued in this office until 1967 when he was appointed Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary.[6] He held this position until his retirement in 1982,[7] after which he was granted the post of Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary.[8] In 1969 he was made a Member (4th Class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO), on the occasion of the Investiture of the Prince of Wales,[9] in the 1982 New Year Honours he was promoted to Commander (CVO).[10] In 1983 he was appointed High Sheriff of East Sussex.[11]

Personal life

Dennys's wife, Elizabeth, was a sister of the late Graham Greene. They had one son and two daughters.[12]

Publications

  • Rodney Dennys. The Heraldic Imagination. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1975.
  • Rodney Dennys. Heraldry and the Heralds. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982 and 1984.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Godfrey, WH and Wagner, Anthony. "Rouge Croix Pursuivant Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street". British History Online. Guild & School of Handicraft, London, 1963. Retrieved 5 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "No. 36209". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 October 1943. pp. 4539–4540.
  3. ^ "No. 38918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1950. p. 2563.
  4. ^ "No. 44056". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 July 1966. p. 8132.
  5. ^ "No. 42432". The London Gazette. 8 August 1961. p. 5852.
  6. ^ "No. 44400". The London Gazette. 1 September 1967. p. 9597.
  7. ^ "No. 49155". The London Gazette. 1 November 1982. p. 14201.
  8. ^ "No. 49173". The London Gazette. 22 November 1982. p. 15237.
  9. ^ "No. 44888". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 July 1969. p. 6967.
  10. ^ "No. 48837". The London Gazette. 30 December 1981. p. 4.
  11. ^ "No. 49294". The London Gazette. 18 March 1983. p. 3829.
  12. ^ "Obituary: Rodney Dennys". The Independent. 16 August 1993. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Rouge Croix Pursuivant
1961 – 1967 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Somerset Herald
1967 – 1982 		Succeeded by


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