Peter O'Donoghue (officer of arms)
Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue FSA (born 1971), is an English officer of arms who currently serves as York Herald at the College of Arms, London.[1]
O'Donoghue succeeded Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld as York Herald being promoted on 31 May 2012, having previously served as Bluemantle Pursuivant from 2005.
Life and career
[edit ]Of ancient Irish descent, he is the only son of Michael John O'Donoghue FGS (1934–2016), an author and lecturer in gemmology at London Metropolitan University, formerly a curator at the British Museum and the National Library of Scotland [2] and Elizabeth Anne Hawkins (née Borley).[3]
After attending Dulwich College, O'Donoghue went up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (M.A. 1994),[4] where he was President of the Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society.[5]
After Cambridge, for several years O'Donoghue was a genealogist and researcher, including serving as research assistant to two Windsor Heralds — the late Theo Mathew and Major William Hunt.
O'Donoghue co-edited (with Dr Clive Cheesman now Norroy & Ulster King of Arms), The Coat of Arms, the journal of the Heraldry Society, from 2005 when both heralds succeeded John Brooke-Little, late Clarenceux King of Arms in its editorship.[6]
Elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2015,[7] a Member of the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 2022, an Associate of the Académie internationale d'Héraldique in 2023, O'Donoghue was appointed a Member of the Most Venerable Order of St John in 2024.[8]
In 2002, O'Donoghue married Dr Catherine Ann Wolfe.[9]
Honours and decorations
[edit ]- 2024: Member of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem
- 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- 2022: Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
- 2023: King Charles III Coronation Medal
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See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ www.college-of-arms.gov.uk
- ^ "The Geological Society of London - Michael O'Donoghue 1934-2016".
- ^ O'Donoghue, (Michael) Peter (Desmond), York Herald, College of Arms, since 2012 | Who's Who & Who Was Who. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 December 1991, Cambridge University Press, 1991, p. 1005
- ^ www.cuhags.soc.srcf.net
- ^ The Coat of Arms. Third Series Volume 1, No 209: Spring 2005.
- ^ "Mr Peter O'Donoghue".
- ^ www.thegazette.co.uk
- ^ O'Donoghue, Peter, York Herald, College of Arms, since 2012 | Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
| Heraldic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | 2005 – 2012 |
Succeeded by Mark Scott
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| Preceded by | 2012 – present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by | 2021 – present |
Incumbent |
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Kent
- English people of Irish descent
- People educated at Dulwich College
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- British genealogists
- English officers of arms
- English male non-fiction writers
- Members of the Order of St John
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London