John George.

About John George

John Charles Grossmith George was a British officer of arms. He was educated at the Ampleforth College in England and began his career as Lieutenant in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry. He was with the College of Arms from 1963 to 1972 and was Earl Marshal's liaison officer with the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill 1965. He was a Green Staff Officer at the Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales in 1969 and was Garioch Pursuivant to the Countess of Mar from 1976 to 1986. He was appointed Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1986. He was then appointed Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary in 2001 and retired in December 2005.