Robert John Baptist Noel (born 15 October 1962) is an officer of arms at the College of ArmsinLondon.[1] Formerly the Bluemantle Pursuivant, then the Lancaster Herald, he has been Norroy and Ulster King of Arms since April 2021.
Robert Noel
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| Norroy and Ulster King of Arms | |
| Assumed office 6 April 2021 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Preceded by | Timothy Duke |
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| Born | (1962-10-15) 15 October 1962 (age 61) |
| Alma mater | St Edmund's College, Cambridge |
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The younger son of Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel, of Westington Mill, Chipping Campden, a barrister, he is in remainder to his grandfather's earldom. Robert Noel was educated at Ampleforth College, Exeter College, Oxford (MA) and St Edmund's College, Cambridge (MPhil).
Noel trained as a shipbroker, then as a library assistant at the College of Arms before joining the auctioneers, Christie's of London. He was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms at the College of Arms on 27 October 1992,[2] and succeeded Sir Peter Gwynn-JonesasLancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary on 21 September 1999.[3] On 6 April 2021, he was appointed Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in succession to Timothy Duke.[4] In that role, he proclaimed the accession of Charles III from Hillsborough Castle,[5] and took part in the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.[6]
He is a Freeman of the City of London and has been admitted as a liveryman of the Glaziers' Company. He serves as the genealogist for the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor.[7]
Noel married Rowena Hale in 2013.[8]
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| Preceded by Terence McCarthy |
 1992 – 1999 |
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| Preceded by |  1999 – 2021 |
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| Preceded by |  2021 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |