Peter O'Donoghue (officer of arms)

The son of Michael John O'Donoghue (1934–2016), a lecturer in gemmology at the London Metropolitan University and an author of books on the subject, formerly a curator at the British Museum and the National Library of Scotland,[1] and Elizabeth Anne Hawkins (née Borley),[2] O'Donoghue was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (M.A.1991)[3] where he was president of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society.With Clive Cheesman (Richmond Herald), O'Donoghue was the co-editor of The Coat of Arms, the journal of the Heraldry Society.The two heralds took over that position in 2005 from the late John Brooke-Little, former Clarenceux King of Arms.[5] In September 2024, O'Donoghue was made a Member of the Most Venerable Order of St John.
O'Donoghue at the 2006 Garter Service
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