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David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, CVO (born 22 June 1940) is a former member of the British Royal Household. Chesshyre served for more than forty years as an officer of arms to Queen Elizabeth II. In his senior appointment he served as Clarenceux King of Arms, the second most senior heraldic appointment in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and certain Commonwealth realms. He also held other senior public appointments, including those of Registrar of the College of Arms, Secretary of the Order of the Garter, and Honorary Genealogist to the Royal Victorian Order, of which he is himself a Commander. Chesshyre's heraldic and genealogical clients included former Prime Minister Edward Heath, former Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine, former Attorney General Peter Rawlinson, the current Speaker John Bercow, the former Speaker Betty Boothroyd, and senior clerics in the Church of England, such as former Archbishop of York David Hope, as well as actor John Hurt, former Beatle Paul McCartney, author Terry Pratchett, and businessman Alan Sugar. Chesshyre is also the author or editor of eight books and the author of numerous articles and reviews. ==Family background== In the patrilineal line Chesshyre belongs to the family of Isacke of North Foreland Lodge. The family name was changed by his father, Colonel Hubert Chesshyre, late RA, from Isacke to Chesshyre. Colonel Chesshyre, born Hubert Isacke, was the son of Major General Hubert Isacke, CB, CSI, CMG, six times mentioned in despatches, late Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Major General Chesshyre's father was Colonel Henry Isacke, late RA, himself the son of Robert Isacke, Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Kent, sometime Commander in the Honourable East India Company Maritime Service.〔(''The Seaxe: Newsletter of the Middlesex Heraldry Society'', no. 35 (February 2001), p. 4 )〕 Robert Isacke's wife, Chesshyre's 2nd-great-grandmother, Matilda Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, was the daughter of Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, ''de jure'' 7th Earl of Dundee, and great-granddaughter of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale, through his son Captain the Hon Frederick Maitland, RN. Chesshyre has written that he is proud, as an English herald, to be related, through his 2nd-great-grandmother, to both the Bearer of the Royal Banner (Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee) and the Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland (Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale).〔 Through Henry Isacke's wife, Louisa Chesshyre, subsequent generations of the family are descended from the family of Chesshyre of Barton Court, Canterbury. Louisa Chesshyre's father was the Reverend William Chesshyre, Rector of Canterbury St Martin and St Paul, Rural Dean of Canterbury, Proctor in Convocation for the Diocese of Canterbury, and Canon of Canterbury Cathedral. Canon Chesshyre's father was Vice-Admiral of the Blue John Chesshyre.〔〔(T. Machado, ''Historic Canterbury: St Paul's Church'' (2007; accessed 18 November 2012). )〕〔(''The London Gazette'' (18 August 1840), p. 1903. (Note John Chesshyre's promotion to this rank, which is overlooked in other sources.) )〕 Through this common ancestry Chesshyre is a first cousin twice removed of the Law Lord Lord Tomlin.〔(Cracroft's Peerage. 17 September 2004. Accessed 10 June 2010. )〕 Through his paternal grandmother Ada Layard, Chesshyre is also descended from the Huguenot family of de Layarde, anglicised as Layard.〔(The Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Accessed 15 November 2012. )〕 Chesshyre's great-grandfather in this line is Sir Charles Layard, who was Attorney General of Ceylon 1892–1902 and Chief Justice of Ceylon 1902–1906, and was himself the son of Sir Charles Layard, KCMG, Government Agent for the Western Provinces of Ceylon 1851–78, himself in turn the grandson in the maternal line of Gualterus Mooyaart, Administrator of Jaffna for the Dutch East India Company. Another of Chesshyre's 3rd-great-grandfathers in this line was Lieutenant Colonel Clement Edwards, Assistant Military Secretary to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, son-in-law of his 4th-great-grandfather the Very Reverend Dr Charles Layard, FRS, Dean of Bristol 1800–03, himself the son of Daniel Layard, DCL, DM, LCP, FRS. The family was established in England by Chesshyre's 6th-great-grandfather Pierre de Layarde, of Monflanquin, who attended William, Prince of Orange during the Glorious Revolution, eventually attaining the rank of Major, settled at Canterbury, and became a British subject in 1713, adopting the name Peter Layard. Appropriately, Peter Layard married his wife Marie Anne Crozé on 2 March 1716/17 at the church of St Benet's, Paul's Wharf, the church of the College of Arms.〔G.E. Cokayne ''et al''., eds., ''The Complete Peerage'' (new edn., 13 vols., 1910–59), i.128; iii.519.〕〔Samuel Smiles, ''The Huguenots: Their Settlements, Churches, and Industries, in England and Ireland'' (6th edn., London: John Murray, 1889), p. 409.〕 Through his mother, Katharine Boothby, daughter of Major Basil Boothby, RE, Chesshyre's 3rd-great-grandfather was Major Sir William Boothby, 7th baronet, 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot, and Chesshyre is therefore a relation of the Boothby baronets of Broadlow Ash. Chesshyre's uncle, his mother's brother, was Basil Boothby, CMG, who served as British ambassador to Iceland and married Susan Asquith, a granddaughter of the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.〔(Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (107th edn., 3 vols., Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), 2003), i, 430, quoted in Darryl Lundy's ''Peerage'' website. )〕 Interestingly, Chesshyre is the 10th-great-grandson of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1485 creation), by his illegitimate son also called Henry Stanley. He is in turn descended from Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, who in 1555 presented Derby Place to the Crown as the home of the Heralds' College (now the College of Arms). Chesshyre is therefore also the 12th-great-grandson of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1483 creation), himself the grandson of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1397 creation), grandson of Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (1397 creation ''suo jure'' for life), granddaughter of Edward I of England. Chesshyre is appropriately a relation of the Lords and Earls Marshal and Hereditary Marshals of England, who are the heads of the College of Arms, where he was an officer for so many years, and of many Knights and Ladies of the Order of the Garter, of which he was Secretary.〔Chesshyre and Ailes, ''Heralds of today 1963–86'' (1986), p. 25. See also (The Family of Sir Henry Stanley 4th Earl Of Derby and Jane Halsall )〕 Through Chesshyre's Derby connection it is possible to trace his ancestry to many of the royal and noble families of Europe. Chesshyre is also a kinsman of Sir John Chesshyre (1662–1738), Prime Serjeant at Law to Queen Anne and King George I. It was his inheriting a portrait of Sir John that sparked Chesshyre's interest in genealogy.〔''Her Majesty's Heralds: A Talk by Our Guest Speaker Hubert Chesshyre, Clarenceux King of Arms, College of Arms'' (Wynkyn de Worde Society Luncheon|Stationers' Hall|Thursday 19 March 1998; 'Printed at The Cloister Press, Cambridge') (piece of A4 card, folded once, with the relevant text on the former verso. )〕 In 1976 Chesshyre attended the ceremony to mark the reopening of the Chesshyre Library, Halton, Cheshire, founded by Sir John in 1733. To mark the occasion a painting of the arms of Sir John and Lady Chesshyre, donated by the Chesshyre family, and produced by the College of Arms, was presented to the library.〔('The History of St Mary's', on the website of Halton Parish. Accessed 4 January 2013. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hubert Chesshyre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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