Herald of Arms Extraordinary

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ceremonial office heraldic office title

Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a ceremonial heraldic officer title used in the British and Commonwealth tradition for specialists appointed to perform specific heraldic and genealogical duties without being part of the core college of arms.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Herald of Arms Extraordinary canonical	1
Richmond Herald of Arms Extraordinary	1
Rothesay Herald of Arms Extraordinary (when acting as pursuivant rank historically)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9493522 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Herald of Arms Extraordinary
Context triple: [New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary, style, Herald of Arms Extraordinary]

A. Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a royal heraldic officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, responsible for matters of coats of arms and genealogy under the authority of the British monarchy.
B. Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a royal officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, responsible for heraldic and ceremonial duties on behalf of the British monarchy.
C. Clarenceux King of Arms
Clarenceux King of Arms is one of the senior heraldic officers of the College of Arms in London, responsible for heraldry and genealogical matters in the southern part of England.
D. King of Arms
King of Arms is a senior heraldic officer of arms responsible for overseeing coats of arms and related ceremonial and genealogical matters within a specific jurisdiction.
E. Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a royal officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, responsible for heraldic and ceremonial duties on behalf of the British monarchy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Herald of Arms Extraordinary
Target entity description: Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a ceremonial heraldic officer title used in the British and Commonwealth tradition for specialists appointed to perform specific heraldic and genealogical duties without being part of the core college of arms.

A. Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a royal heraldic officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, responsible for matters of coats of arms and genealogy under the authority of the British monarchy.
B. Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a royal officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, responsible for heraldic and ceremonial duties on behalf of the British monarchy.
C. Clarenceux King of Arms
Clarenceux King of Arms is one of the senior heraldic officers of the College of Arms in London, responsible for heraldry and genealogical matters in the southern part of England.
D. King of Arms
King of Arms is a senior heraldic officer of arms responsible for overseeing coats of arms and related ceremonial and genealogical matters within a specific jurisdiction.
E. Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary
Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a royal officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, responsible for heraldic and ceremonial duties on behalf of the British monarchy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial office ⓘ heraldic office ⓘ title ⓘ
appointedBy	Crown ⓘ Earl Marshal ⓘ
associatedWith	Clarenceux King of Arms ⓘ Garter Principal King of Arms ⓘ Norroy and Ulster King of Arms ⓘ
ceremonialUse	coronations ⓘ royal processions ⓘ state funerals ⓘ state openings of Parliament ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom	Herald of Arms in Ordinary ⓘ King of Arms ⓘ Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary ⓘ
duty	ceremonial duties ⓘ genealogical duties ⓘ heraldic duties ⓘ
employmentStatus	appointed for specific purposes ⓘ not salaried by the College of Arms ⓘ
hasFunction	advising on genealogy ⓘ advising on heraldry ⓘ assisting in grants of arms ⓘ participation in state ceremonial ⓘ research in armorial and genealogical matters ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Commonwealth realms ⓘ England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	officer of arms ⓘ
mayHold	personal heraldic practice ⓘ
notMemberOf	corporation of the College of Arms ⓘ linked to: College of Arms
partOf	English heraldic establishment ⓘ
rankRelativeTo	Herald of Arms in Ordinary ⓘ Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary ⓘ
requiresSkill	knowledge of ceremonial protocol ⓘ knowledge of genealogy ⓘ knowledge of heraldic law ⓘ
subordinateTo	College of Arms ⓘ Earl Marshal ⓘ
tradition	Commonwealth heraldry ⓘ English heraldry ⓘ
usedIn	British heraldic tradition ⓘ Commonwealth heraldic tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary → style → Herald of Arms Extraordinary ⓘ

Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary → distinctFrom → Richmond Herald of Arms Extraordinary ⓘ

linked to: Herald of Arms Extraordinary

Scottish pursuivants of arms → hasMember → Rothesay Herald of Arms Extraordinary (when acting as pursuivant rank historically) ⓘ