Richard Graham-Vivian

During the First World War he served as an officer in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was awarded the Military Cross.

[2] On 7 December 1921, he married Audrey Emily Vivian, who was an only daughter, and the source of the second surname that the couple adopted in 1929 (by Royal Licence).

[5] On that date, he was promoted to the office of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary to fill the vacancy left by the death of Alfred Trego Butler.

[6] He remained a herald in ordinary until 1966, when he was made Norroy and Ulster King of Arms on the retirement of Aubrey John Toppin.

[9] In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a Member (fourth class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).

Richard Graham-Vivian as Bluemantle Pursuivant at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937.