An interview with The Right Honourable Lord Butler of Brockwell KG GCB CVO PC
There are very few offices of state, orders of chivalry or titles of dignity that expect the holder to be armigerous. Even peers of the realm are not required to have a coat of arms, but it is a long-standing tradition that Knights of the most senior orders of chivalry should petition for arms if they are not armigerous. The most senior of the British orders of chivalry is Order of the Garter. Visitors to St George's Chapel in Windsor castle can see the heraldic banners of the Knights and Lady Companions of the Order on display in the quire of the chapel. On 23rd April 2003 (St George's Day) Queen Elizabeth II graciously appointed Baron Butler of Brockwell to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. His appointment was announced in the London Gazette alongside the 6th Duke of Westminster (Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor) and Baron Morris of Aberavon who were likewise made Knight Companions the same day. In November of 2025 the Heraldry Society was privileged t...
