Sir George Rothe Bellew KCB KCVO KStJ FSA (13 December 1899 – 6 February 1993), styled The Honourable after 1935, was a long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London. Educated at the University of Oxford, he was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant in 1922. Having been Somerset Herald for twenty-four years, he was promoted to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms in 1950, the highest heraldic office in England and Wales. He served in that capacity until his resignation in 1961. As Garter, Bellew oversaw the funeral of George VI, proclaimed his daughter, Elizabeth II, as Queen and took a leading role in the organisation of her Coronation in 1953.
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13 December 1899
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Died |
1993 (aged 93)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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