This is a list of English, Scottish, and Irish grants of arms to South Africans since 1837. Most of the information comes from second-hand sources, so the list is by no means complete. Any additions and corrections will be most welcome.

As far as personal arms are concerned, I have listed only those which were granted to people living in South Africa, and not those which already existed and were merely transplanted to this country by settlers, or those where I am unsure whether or not the grantee was a resident at the time of the grant.

Likewise, as far as the arms of institutions are concerned, I have not included those which were granted to institutions in the UK and later borne in South Africa (and, in some cases, registered here) by their local branches.

Notes
1. Unless otherwise stated, the arms were granted by the English kings of arms, by means of Letters Patent.

2. Arms marked * were registered at the Department of the Interior (1935-59), the Department of Education, Arts & Sciences (1959-63), or the Bureau of Heraldry (1963- ), and the full blazons can be found on the Bureau's database.

3. "Confirmation": in Ireland, where many arms were assumed and borne without being registered, an armiger who could prove that arms had been borne in his family for at least 3 generations/100 years could obtain official confirmation of them from the Ulster Office.

4. "Matriculation": in Scotland, re-registration of paternal/ancestral arms in one's own name, usually with differencing.

5. "Posthumous grant": in Scotland, one can apply for arms to be granted to a deceased ancestor, so that living and future descendants can matriculate the arms in their own names.

6. "Royal Licence": authorisation to adopt someone else's arms (and, usually, the surname too) in addition to, or instead of, one's existing arms/surname. In the case of the University of the Cape of Good Hope, the licence apparently applied to the use of a royal badge as part of the design.

7. Dates are in DD.MM.CCYY format.

Nineteenth Century

1830s (2)
Sir Jan Truter (15.03.1837)
Sir Andries Stockenstrom (17.03.1840)

1870s (3)
David Tennant (1872 - Lyon Office)
Cape of Good Hope* (29.05.1876 - Royal Warrant)
Sir Theophilus Shepstone (04.10.1879)

1880s (1)
Edward Carson (1883 - Lyon Office)

Date unknown (to me) (1)
Edward Randles (before 1884)

1890s (5)
Alexander Abercromby (1891 - Lyon Office)
Frederick Philipson-Stow (28.02.1891 - Royal Licence)
Ernest Kilpin (1893)
Barnett 'Barney' Barnato (1895)
Sir John Woodhead (?1897)
Cape Town* (29.12.1899)

Twentieth Century

1900s (18)
Robert Allen (10.01.1901 - Ulster Office - confirmation)
Sir Ebenezer John Buchanan (?1901)
Thomas Adamson (1902- Lyon Office)
Sir Willem van Hulsteyn (?1902)
Ven George Cameron (1903 - Lyon Office)
University of the Cape of Good Hope* (07.10.1903 - Royal Licence)
Henry Temple (?1904)
Orange River Colony (10.12.1904 - Royal Warrant)
Thomas Cranstoun-Day (02.10.1905)
Archibald Ainslie (1906 - Lyon Office)
Pretoria* (07.02.1907)
Natal Colony* (16.05.1907 - Royal Warrant)
Johannesburg* (20.08.1907)
Sir Joseph Robinson (1908)
Sir Thomas Price (1908)
Sir Pieter Stewart-Bam (1910 - Ulster Office; Royal Licence 16.07.1910)
Union of South Africa* (07.09.1910 - Royal Warrant)
Baron De Villiers of Wynberg (1910)

1910s (14)
Cape Province (04.05.1911 - Royal Warrant) - revoked 22.06.1954
Natal Province (04.05.1911 - Royal Warrant) - revoked 22.06.1954
Orange Free State (04.05.1911- Royal Warrant) - revoked 22.06.1954
Transvaal (04.05.1911- Royal Warrant) - revoked 22.06.1954
Sir George Albu (1912)
Sir Abe Bailey (1912)
Sir David Graaff* (18.06.1912)
Rhodes University College* (05.05.1913)
Benjamin Brock (17.07.1913 - Lyon Office - matriculation)
Herbert Guest (29.07.1914)
Harry Buckle (10.02.1916)
Sir Frank Reynolds (?1916)
Sir Henry Ross Skinner (?1917)
University of Cape Town* (14.04.1919)

1920s (11)
Maj Edward Hadley né Harding (1921 - Royal Licence)
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (1921)
Sir Henry Strakosch (07.06.1921)
Ernest Ward la Touche (08.07.1921 - Royal Licence)
Sir Lewis Richardson (?1922)
Sir Harry Graumann (1923)
Alfred Duggan-Cronin (03.12.1924 - Ulster Office - confirmation)
Maj Randal Johnston (1924)
Olof Ohlsson (09.10.1924)
James Pirie (1927 - Lyon Office)
Maj Robert Waller (1927 - Ulster Office)

1930s (7)
Ivan Mitford-Barberton (17.10.1932)
Germiston* (06.08.1935)
Hilton College* (05.12.1935)
Johannesburg Stock Exchange* (10.05.1937)
Benoni* (16.03.1938)
Robert Pringle (d 1838) (?1930s - Lyon Office - posthumous grant)
Edward Pringle (30.09.1938 - Lyon Office - matriculation)

1940s (4)
Lt Col C. Graham Botha (06.02.1947)
Diocese of Grahamstown (12.08.1949)
Diocese of Johannesburg* (12.08.1949)
Grahamstown* (20.07.1950)
 

1950s (39)
Diocese of Bloemfontein* (03.01.1951)
Paarl* (22.01.1951)
St Mary's Collegiate Church (24.08.1951)
Dundee* (10.10.1951 - Lyon Office)
Diocese of Cape Town* (25.01.1952)
Stellenbosch* (26.06.1952)
Diocese of Natal (30.09.1952)
St Andrew's College* (11.10.1952 - Lyon Office)
Reginald van Selm* (18.02.1953)
Diocese of George (25.02.1953)
Diocese of Kimberley & Kuruman (23.06.1953)
Lt Col Ian MacKenzie (12.08.1953 - Lyon Office - matriculation)
Somerset West* (25.11.1953)
Gerard Frater* (24.12.1953)
Diocese of Zululand (09.04.1954)
Westville* (15.04.1954)
Diocese of Pretoria* (24.08.1954)
Diocese of St John's (21.12.1954)
Cape Town Chamber of Commerce (1954)

Standard Bank of SA* (30.03.1955)
Vereeniging* (20.10.1955)
Fort Beaufort* (20.12.1955)
Margate (?1956)
Eric Pringle (31.01.1956 - Lyon Office - matriculation)
Alan Pringle (11.02.1957 - Lyon Office - matriculation)
Simon's Town* (27.09.1957)
Catholic Order of the Knights of Da Gama* (10.12.1957)
University of Natal* (10.12.1957)
College of Physicians, Surgeons & Gynaecologists* (20.02.1958)
Peter Philip* (04.03.1958 - Lyon Office)
SA Broadcasting Corporation* (22.04.1958)
George* (06.08.1958)
Port Elizabeth* (06.08.1958)
Amanzimtoti (04.11.1958)
Pinetown (19.06.1959)
East London* (15.12.1959)
Louis Trichardt* (10.05.1960)
Oudtshoorn* (09.09.1960)
SA Marine Corporation* (15.09.1960)

1960s (3)
Pietermaritzburg* (29.05.1961)
Post-republic:
David Arbuthnot (07.11.1966 - Lyon Office - matriculation)
Order of St Lazarus: SA Bailiwick* (26.09.1967 - Lyon Office)

1970s (5)
Rev George Thom (d 1842) (28.06.1973 - Lyon Office - posthumous grant)
Prof Hendrik Thom (28.06.1973 - Lyon Office - matriculation)
Rev Rex Reynolds (31.12.1973)
Douglas MacDonald* (18.07.1975 - Lyon Office)
James R. Laing (11.06.1978 - Lyon Office)

1980s (3)
James Laing of Colington (d 1889) (18.04.1984 - Lyon Office - posthumous grant)
Thomas Coulter* (27.02.1986)
Lt Col Arthur Johnstone* (28.11.1990)

1990s (1)
Dr Peter Martinez* (27.04.1998)

2000s (1)
Richard Miller (23.12.2005)

Dates unknown (to me) between 1907 and 1973 (15)
Rev David Couper (Lyon Office)
William Fisher (Lyon Office)
Vernon Forbes (Lyon Office)
Alexander Jardine (Lyon Office)
William MacKenzie (Lyon Office)
Donald MacKenzie (Lyon Office - matriculation)
Malcolm MacKenzie (Lyon Office - matriculation)
Hector MacKenzie (Lyon Office - matriculation)
Charles Ogilvy (Lyon Office)
Edward Paterson (Lyon Office)
Harry Rose-Innes (Lyon Office)
James Simpson (Lyon Office)
Darrel Stuart-Walker (Lyon Office)

And, possibly ...
... some or all of the following arms, which look to me like College of Arms designs/ artwork:

Association of Chambers of Commerce
Colenso (municipality)
Empangeni
Goldfields of SA*
Institute of Bankers of SA*
Kingsburgh
Paulpietersburg
SA Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Transvaal Society of Accountants*

References/Sources/Links

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