George Owen

George Owen (died 1665) was a Welsh officer of arms, York herald from 1633.

Life The son of George Owen of Henllys, by his second wife, he was conceived out of wedlock, and born at Henllys in Pembrokeshire. He was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant in place of John Bradshaw on 28 February 1626, and was promoted to the post of York herald by signet in December 1633, and by patent 3 January following.

Owen attended the Earl of Arundel in the First Bishops' War of 1639, and, according to Anthony Wood, was despatched on a mission in the king's service to Wales in following year. He was with the retinue of Charles I at Oxford in 1643, where, on 12 April, he was created D.C.L., and he subsequently accompanied the king when the royal forces moved to invest Gloucester on 10 August.

In 1660 Owen was reappointed York herald, and held the office until he resigned it in 1663, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law, John Wingfield. With Elias Ashmole, he directed the funeral in London of Bryan Walton, on 5 December 1661. He died in Pembrokeshire 13 May 1665. motto = orders = bannerimage = banner = badgeimage = badge = symbolism = previous_versions =