Category: Family

Uncle George Remembers XVI

“Although such incidents (the canopy cock-up) during the rehearsals could be treated lightly at the time, they were nevertheless disturbing to “the management” and had to be ironed out lest they be repeated on The Day.

Uncle George Remembers XIV

“Although it could be said that the Earl Marshal’s office is wherever he happens to be working at the moment, he had a permanent set of chambers in the House of Lords, which were not very splendid, nor very comfortable, and they reminded one of a church vestry because of their substantial Victorian gothic decoration… Continue reading Uncle George Remembers XIV

Uncle George Remembers XIII

“Coronation committees of several sorts followed one another in quick succession in 1952 and 1953, and one of the most important of them was the Coronation Joint Executive Committee.

Uncle George Remembers XII

The apotheosis of Uncle George’s career at the College of Arms was Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation but please be patient while he explains about a pain in the neck.

Irish Church Monuments

You may recall Homan Potterton’s first novel, Knockfane, published last year. This is his first book, published in 1975 when he was a young Assistant Keeper at the National Gallery in London.