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Charles Wilfrid (or Wilfred) Scott-Giles〔The spelling of his second Christian name varies. It appears as "Wilfrid" on the title pages of several of his books, such as ''The Romance of Heraldry'' (1929) and ''The History of Emanuel School'' (1935), and in the ''London Gazette'' notice of his appointment as Fitzalan Pursuivant in 1957; but as "Wilfred" in the ''London Gazette'' notice of his change of surname in 1928, and in his obituary in ''The Times'' in 1982.〕 (24 October 1893 – 1982) was an English writer on heraldry and an officer of arms, who served as Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary. ==Life== Charles Wilfrid Giles was born in Southampton on 24 October 1893, the son of Charles Giles, sometime Chairman of the Parliamentary Press Gallery.〔Godfrey, Wagner and London 1963, p. 257.〕 He was educated at Emanuel School in Battersea in London, and served in the First World War in the Royal Army Service Corps.〔 Between 1919 and 1922 he read history at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.〔 He then worked on the parliamentary staff of the Press Association before being appointed as secretary of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers in 1928. In 1946 he became secretary of the Public Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition Council.〔 In July 1928 he assumed the surname "Scott-Giles" by deed poll. He became a leading authority on heraldry, and wrote a number of books and articles on the subject. He was credited by John Brooke-Little as initiator of the concept and name of The White Lion Society.〔(White Lion Society website )〕 He also wrote the standard histories of his old school, Emanuel, and of his old college, Sidney Sussex. 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「Wilfrid Scott-Giles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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