Norroy

British  

/ ˈnɒrɔɪ /

noun

1. the third King-of-Arms in England: since 1943, called Norroy and Ulster

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Etymology

Origin of Norroy

C15: Old French nor north + roy king

Example Sentences

At Hillsborough Castle on Sunday, the Accession Proclamation was read by the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Robert Noel in front of an audience of dignitaries and members of the public.

From BBC

At Hillsborough Castle on Sunday, the Accession Proclamation will be read by the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Robert Noel in front of an audience of dignitaries and members of the public.

From BBC

Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is one of the three senior officers of arms at the College of Arms in London, the heraldic authority for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of the Commonwealth.

From BBC

Thus we have Garter, Norroy and Clarenceux, March, Lancaster, Windsor, Leicester, Leopard, Falcon and Blanc Sanglier as officers attached to the royal house; Chandos, the herald of the great Sir John Chandos; Vert Eagle of the Nevill earls of Salisbury, Esperance and Crescent of the Percys of Northumberland.

From Project Gutenberg

Captain Ochterlony, the father, continued his career as a mariner but a few years after locating in Boston, he died in 1765, at St. Vincent W. I. His widow went to England, where she married Sir Isaac Heard of London, Norroy and Garter King of Arms, and gentleman of the Red Rod, to the order of the Bath.

From Project Gutenberg