George Nayler ( c 1764 - 1831 )

Birth: c 1764 Death: His house, 17 Hanover Square, London (28 October 1831) Burial: Family vault, St John's Church, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Profession: Herald Career: Given a commission in the West York militia by the Duke of Norfolk, who appointed him Blanc Coursier herald and genealogist of the order of the Bath (1792); Bluemantle Pursuivant (1793) York herald (1794); first King-of-Arms, Hanoverian Guelphic Order (1815) and of the Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, Ionian Islands (1818); Clarenceux King-of-Arms (1820); Garter King-of-Arms (1822); missions with the Garter to foreign sovereigns of Denmark (1822), Portugal (1823), France (1825) and Russia (1827); his collection of private Acts of Parliament went to the London Guildhall library; his collection of coffin plate impressions went to the British Museum Honours: Kt 1813 Memberships: College of Arms (1793); FSA (1794) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/06/1826.