About: Richard St George

Sir Richard St George (c.1550 – 1635) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London during the seventeenth century. The date of birth of Richard St George is unknown. In 1575 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. Elizabeth was a descendant of Margaret Beauchamp, grandmother to Henry VII. He joined the College of Arms in 1602. During this year, he was unsuccessful in his bid to be appointed Norroy King of Arms, but he later became Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and then Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. In 1604, St George was finally able to secure an appointment as Norroy and was knighted in 1616. In 1623, he attained the position of Clarenceux King of Arms, the second-highest heraldic appointment in England. He wa