Edward Earle Dorling

Edward Earle Dorling (5 May 1863 – 26 October 1943) was a priest of the Church of England, archaeologist, historian, and notable writer on heraldry.

He was vicar of Burcombe in Wiltshire from 1900 to 1905 and curate of Ham in Surrey thence until 1910, when he ceased to do regular parochial work.

Dorling provided the heraldic illustrations for the Victoria County History, as well as for Oswald Barron's celebrated article on heraldry in the 1911 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Dorling was commissioned by the Office of Works to design replacements, at the time considered the most important piece of heraldic restoration attempted in England for many years.

[2] Dorling was frequently consulted on matters of heraldry by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, and his contributions were acknowledged in every publication from 1912 onwards.