Beaumont Herald Extraordinary

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Beaumont Herald Extraordinary was a royal officer of arms in England who served the Crown but was not a member of the College of Arms. The office was created in 1982 and named after the barony of Beaumont, a subsidiary title of the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk. The badge combines the cross potent of the Kings of Jerusalem (from whom the Beaumonts are descended) with a lion and fleur-de-lis from the Beaumont family coat of arms. The official blazon is: "In front of a Cross Potent a Lion rampant within eight Fleurs-de-lis in orle Or." The tradition is Gallo-British, and its jurisdiction covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, under the College of Arms.