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{{Infobox
| name = Francis Sedley Andrus
| honorific-suffix = [[Royal Victorian Order|LVO]]
| birth_name =
| image = Francis Sedley Andrus.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Francis Sedley Andrus wearing a [[tabard]] as [[Beaumont Herald Extraordinary|Beaumont Herald of Arms Extraordinary]]
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1915|2|26}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age |2009|11|09 |1915|2|26 |df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Longfield]], Kent▼
▲| death_place =
|nationality = British
| alma_mater = [[St Peter's College, Oxford]].
| spouse =
| occupation = [[Officer of arms
| title = [[Lancaster Herald|Lancaster Herald of Arms]]
| term = 1972-1982
| predecessor =[[John Walker (officer of arms)|John Walker]]| successor =[[Peter Gwynn-Jones]]
}}
'''Francis Sedley Andrus''' [[Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] (26 February 1915 – 9 November 2009) was a long-serving [[England|English]] officer of arms who was [[Beaumont Herald Extraordinary|Beaumont Herald of Arms Extraordinary]]. As such, he was a Royal [[Officer of Arms|officer of arms]], though not a member of the [[College of Arms]] in [[London]].
Andrus was born in 1915, the son of Brigadier-General Thomas Alchin Andrus and Alice Loveday (née Parr).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrus, Francis Sedley, (26 Feb. 1915–9 Nov. 2009), Beaumont Herald of Arms Extraordinary, since 1982 |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-5538 |access-date=2021-01-03 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |year=2007 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/
On the maternal side of his family, he was descended from Randle Smith of [[Oldhaugh, Cheshire|Oldhaugh]], [[Cheshire]], the father of William Smith who was created [[Rouge Dragon Pursuivant|Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary]] on 23 October 1597. The tradition of armorial interest continued with Andrus. In July 1938, Andrus was interviewed by [[Alfred Butler|Alfred Trego Butler]], who was [[Windsor Herald|Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary]] at the time. Andrus had hoped to become part of Butler's staff at the College of Arms.
After working for Butler for a year, the outbreak of [[World War II]] caused a hiatus from Andrus's work at the College of Arms. He was away until October 1946 and when he returned, Butler had become very ill. In that year, Butler asked [[Anthony Wagner]], who was serving as [[Richmond Herald|Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary]], to take on both his clients and his young protégé. Wagner employed Andrus until 1970, when he was appointed [[Bluemantle Pursuivant|Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary]]. This appointment lasted until 1972, when he was promoted to the office of [[Lancaster Herald|Lancaster Herald of Arms]] in Ordinary. On 1 March 1982, Andrus retired from the position of Lancaster to take on the office of Beaumont Herald Extraordinary.▼
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Andrus died on 9 November 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6702434/Lives-Remembered.html|title = Lives Remembered}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was one of only a few people remaining at the College of Arms who had any experience before World War II. He was also one of the few remaining officers of arms who had been a part of the [[coronation]] of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1953.
==See also==
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{{s-bef|before=[[John Brooke-Little]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[File:Badge of the Blue Mantle Pursuivant.svg|25px|center]] [[Bluemantle Pursuivant]]|years=1970 – 1972}}
{{s-aft||rows=2|after=[[Peter Gwynn-Jones|Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones]]}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[John Walker (officer of arms)|John Walker]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[File:Badge of the Lancaster Herald.svg|25px|center]] [[Lancaster Herald]]|years=1972 – 1982}}
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