Isaac Heard

Officer of Arms

Sir Isaac Heard KG (21 December [O.S. 10 December] 1730 – 29 April 1822) was a British officer of arms who served as appointed Garter Principal King of Arms, from 1784 until his death in 1822 the senior Officer of Arms of the College of Arms in London.

In this role, he oversaw several notable cases and also officiated at all the funerals of the Royal family.A native of Devon, Heard had a brief career in the Navy, before switching careers at age 29, when he became the Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.

He would go on to hold the posts of Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary, Norroy King of Arms and Brunswick Herald.

Heard was knighted in the Order of the Garter in 1786.