Charles Athill

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Charles Harold Athill''', MVO, FSA (1853–1922) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. ==Life== He began his heraldic career by joining the College of Arms in 1882 as Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. The position lasted until 1889, when he was appointed Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 23 January 1919, Athill was made Norroy King of Arms to when Sir Henry Farnham Burke was promoted from that position to Garter Principal King of Arms.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31168|page=1956|date=7 February 1919}}</ref> Later that year, Athill was promoted to the office of Clarenceux King of Arms on the death Sir William Weldon. Athill held this office until his own death in 1922.<ref name="Blackmansbury 1967 p. 54">{{cite book |title=Blackmansbury |publisher=Pinhorns |issue=vb. 4–5 |year=1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QIrAAAAMAAJ |access-date=24 May 2021 |page=54 |quote=Charles Harold Athill, MVO, FSA (1853–1922) was Clarenceux King of Arms from 1919 until his death.}}</ref>

== Arms == {{Infobox coat of arms wide | name = Charles Athill | image = Arms of Charles Athill.svg | imagesize = | notes = | year_adopted = 1919 | crest = ''Out of a coronet of a king of arms proper 3 ostrich feathers argent.'' | escutcheon = ''Argent, on a chevron cotised sable 3 crescents or.''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp74-101 |title=Clarenceux King of Arms {{!}} British History Online |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |language=en |access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref> | motto = ''Crescam ut Prosim'' | orders = | bannerimage = | banner = | badgeimage = | badge = | symbolism = | previous_versions = (1) As Bluemantle: ''Argent, on a chevron sable 3 crescents or.'' Crest: ''From a crown 3 ostrich feathers.'' (2) As Richmond, granted 1891: ''Argent, on a chevron double cotised sable 3 crescents or.'' Crest: ''From a torse 3 ostrich feathers argent stuck through 3 annulets or interlaced in fess.'' }}

== See also == * Herald * King of Arms * Pursuivant

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== External links == * [http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/ The College of Arms] * [http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/cuhags/info/o_of_a/intro.htm CUHAGS Officers of Arms Index]

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