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Richmond Armory (VA Manufactory of Arms) Richmond, Virginia: 1861 (1798) Variants of the Richmond rifle: 31,000 rifles 5,400 carbines 1,350 short rifles Thomas Riggins Knoxville, Tennessee: Rifles S. C. Robinson Arms Manufactory (Samuel C. Robinson) Richmond, Virginia: Produced a variant of the M1859 Sharps carbine: ca. 3,000 .52 caliber Sharps ...
At the start of the American Civil War, the Confederacy suffered from a lack of resources with the capability to produce small arms weapons. Virginia appropriated funds to modernize the Old State Armory building in Richmond with arms-making machinery manufactured in England, but the confrontation at Fort Sumter initiated the Union blockade which prevented delivery of the machinery.
Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms of the College of Arms in England. From 1421 to 1485, Richmond was a herald to John , Duke of Bedford , George , Duke of Clarence , and Henry , Earl of Richmond , all of whom held the Honour (estate) of Richmond .
The Virginia Manufactory of Arms was a state-owned firearms manufacturer and arsenal in what is today Richmond, Virginia. It was established by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1798 to supply the Virginia militia with firearms and related items such as swords and bayonets.
He would hold this post of Rouge Dragon Pursuivant until December 1962, when he was promoted to the office of Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary. [7] He retired from this post in 1967. [8] During his time at the College of Arms, Robin Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees was perhaps best known for his correspondence with Ian Fleming.
He served as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms from November 1998 to April 2010, [4] and Richmond Herald of Arms from April 2010 to November 2024. [5] He was appointed Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in November 2024. [6] Cheesman's coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms
He served as Richmond Herald from 25 January 1989 until 6 April 2010. [2] On 6 April 2010, he was promoted to the office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, [3] holding this office very briefly until he was further advanced to Clarenceux King of Arms on 1 September 2010. [4] He was succeeded in April 2021 by Timothy Duke.
With Clive Cheesman (Richmond Herald), O'Donoghue was the co-editor of The Coat of Arms, the journal of the Heraldry Society. The two heralds took over that position in 2005 from the late John Brooke-Little, former Clarenceux King of Arms. [4] He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2015. [5]