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-of-Arms 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.

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).

[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.

[6] Elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2015,[7] O'Donoghue was appointed a Member of the Most Venerable Order of St John in 2024.