John Allen-Petrie

John Michael Allen-Petrie OBE (born 5 July 1980), is a genealogist of Scottish Canadian extraction who, as a member of the British Royal Household,[1] serves as Windsor Herald at the College of Arms in London since 2019.

[2] Born in Canada to John Petrie, he attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf at Montreal, then Sciences Po in Paris, before pursuing further studies at LSE (MSc) and Oriel College, Oxford (MSc).

[3] An analyst with the Bank of England from 2008 until 2015,[4] Allen-Petrie joined the College of Arms as Rouge Croix Pursuivant in 2013,[5][6] being promoted Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 2019.

[7] A Liveryman of the Drapers' Company,[8] he was elected a Common Councilman for Billingsgate Ward (2018–22).

[9] Allen-Petrie processed as Windsor Herald at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.