On the Internet there is much to be found of the work of Sir Anthony Wagner and Frederick Lewis Weis, but does anyone know any biographical details for these two?
With many thanks
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia
OT Sir Anthony Wagner - Frederick Lewis Weis
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James Dempster
Re: OT Sir Anthony Wagner - Frederick Lewis Weis
On Sun, 14 May 2006 05:05:21 +0000 (UTC), leovdpas@netspeed.com.au
("Leo van de Pas") wrote:
by Anthony Wagner and Antony Dale. ISBN: 0850334454
IIRC the family came over from Germany as hatters to one of the
Georges. Sir Anthony was Garter King of Arms. I think that the
Wikipedia article on him is fairly accurate, being largely taken from
Michael Maclagan's obit in The Independent, to which there is a link
from Wiki.
James
James Dempster
You know you've had a good night
when you wake up
and someone's outlining you in chalk.
("Leo van de Pas") wrote:
On the Internet there is much to be found of the work of Sir Anthony Wagner and Frederick Lewis Weis, but does anyone know any biographical details for these two?
There is a book on Sir Anthony's ancestors. "The Wagners of Brighton"
by Anthony Wagner and Antony Dale. ISBN: 0850334454
IIRC the family came over from Germany as hatters to one of the
Georges. Sir Anthony was Garter King of Arms. I think that the
Wikipedia article on him is fairly accurate, being largely taken from
Michael Maclagan's obit in The Independent, to which there is a link
from Wiki.
James
James Dempster
You know you've had a good night
when you wake up
and someone's outlining you in chalk.
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Ford Mommaerts-Browne
Re: OT Sir Anthony Wagner - Frederick Lewis Weis
Leo,
I found a decent biography at (insert huge, almost crippling cringe), wikipedia.
Ford
PS He compiled a collection of biographies of Heralds of England, Wales and Ireland, wherein he did write of himself.
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| On the Internet there is much to be found of the work of Sir Anthony Wagner and Frederick Lewis Weis, but does anyone know any biographical details for these two?
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| With many thanks
| Leo van de Pas
| Canberra, Australia
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I found a decent biography at (insert huge, almost crippling cringe), wikipedia.
Ford
PS He compiled a collection of biographies of Heralds of England, Wales and Ireland, wherein he did write of himself.
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Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 2:04 AM
Subject: OT Sir Anthony Wagner - Frederick Lewis Weis
| On the Internet there is much to be found of the work of Sir Anthony Wagner and Frederick Lewis Weis, but does anyone know any biographical details for these two?
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| With many thanks
| Leo van de Pas
| Canberra, Australia
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Matt Tompkins
Re: OT Sir Anthony Wagner - Frederick Lewis Weis
"Leo van de Pas" wrote:
Anthony Wagner's biography in the new DNB, written by Adrian Ailes,
says:
"Wagner, Sir Anthony Richard (1908-1995), herald, was born on 6
September 1908 at 90 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, the elder
child and only son of Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956), schoolmaster,
and his wife, Monica (1878-1970), daughter of George Edward Bell,
vicar of Henley in Arden, Warwickshire."
"On 26 February 1953 he married Gillian Mary Millicent (b. 1927),
eldest daughter of Major Henry Archibald Roger Graham, an officer in
the Grenadier Guards. She was a distinguished public servant and
authority on social care, and was appointed OBE in 1977 and DBE in
1994. They had two sons, Roger Henry Melchior and Mark Anthony, and a
daughter, Lucy Elizabeth Millicent."
"He died in London on 5 May 1995 and ... was buried at Aldeburgh on 12
May 1995"
It says he joined the College of Arms as Portcullis pursuivant in 1931,
immediately after graduating from Balliol College, Oxford, and was
later Richmond herald, Garter principal king of arms and, from the age
of 70 until his death, Clarenceux king of arms.
It also mentions his "wide-ranging and knowledgeable work on heraldry
and genealogy, which did much to ensure their acceptance as valuable
tools for the study of history as well as being subjects worthy of
serious academic study in their own right. His English Genealogy (1960)
and Pedigree and Progress (1975) greatly added to the understanding of
English social mobility. Heralds and Heraldry in the Middle Ages (1939)
was an early seminal study drawing upon numerous primary sources, and
his much larger Heralds of England (1967) became the standard work on
the subject. In 1957 he was awarded the Oxford degree of DLitt in
recognition of his prolific and scholarly publications."
Matt Tompkins
On the Internet there is much to be found of the work of Sir Anthony Wagner and Frederick Lewis Weis, but does anyone know any biographical details for these two?
Anthony Wagner's biography in the new DNB, written by Adrian Ailes,
says:
"Wagner, Sir Anthony Richard (1908-1995), herald, was born on 6
September 1908 at 90 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, the elder
child and only son of Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956), schoolmaster,
and his wife, Monica (1878-1970), daughter of George Edward Bell,
vicar of Henley in Arden, Warwickshire."
"On 26 February 1953 he married Gillian Mary Millicent (b. 1927),
eldest daughter of Major Henry Archibald Roger Graham, an officer in
the Grenadier Guards. She was a distinguished public servant and
authority on social care, and was appointed OBE in 1977 and DBE in
1994. They had two sons, Roger Henry Melchior and Mark Anthony, and a
daughter, Lucy Elizabeth Millicent."
"He died in London on 5 May 1995 and ... was buried at Aldeburgh on 12
May 1995"
It says he joined the College of Arms as Portcullis pursuivant in 1931,
immediately after graduating from Balliol College, Oxford, and was
later Richmond herald, Garter principal king of arms and, from the age
of 70 until his death, Clarenceux king of arms.
It also mentions his "wide-ranging and knowledgeable work on heraldry
and genealogy, which did much to ensure their acceptance as valuable
tools for the study of history as well as being subjects worthy of
serious academic study in their own right. His English Genealogy (1960)
and Pedigree and Progress (1975) greatly added to the understanding of
English social mobility. Heralds and Heraldry in the Middle Ages (1939)
was an early seminal study drawing upon numerous primary sources, and
his much larger Heralds of England (1967) became the standard work on
the subject. In 1957 he was awarded the Oxford degree of DLitt in
recognition of his prolific and scholarly publications."
Matt Tompkins
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Don Stone
Re: OT Sir Anthony Wagner - Frederick Lewis Weis
Leo van de Pas wrote:
There is a biography of F. L. Weis written by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., in
every edition (I believe) of Ancestral Roots published after Weis died,
including the 8th edition published in 2004.
-- Don Stone
On the Internet there is much to be found of the work of Sir Anthony Wagner and Frederick Lewis Weis, but does anyone know any biographical details for these two?
With many thanks
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia
There is a biography of F. L. Weis written by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., in
every edition (I believe) of Ancestral Roots published after Weis died,
including the 8th edition published in 2004.
-- Don Stone