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'''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]].
Sedley Andrus was born in 1915, and was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] and
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 protegé. 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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