Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Isaac Heard (10 December 1730 – 29 April 1822) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He began his heraldic career as Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. He would go on to hold the posts of Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary, Norroy King of Arms and Brunswick King of Arms. In 1784, he was appointed Garter Principal King of Arms. It was in this capacity that he helped to plan the funeral of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Heard continued as Garter until his death in 1822 at the age of 91.He married Katherine Tyler of Boston, Massachusetts, widow of Captain David Ochterlony and mother of Sir David Ochterlony Bt, who rose to the rank of Major General in the East India Company.He is mentioned in the poem "Epitaph on a tuft-hunter" by Thomas Moore 1779-1852:. }
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- Isaac_Heard abstract "Sir Isaac Heard (10 December 1730 – 29 April 1822) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He began his heraldic career as Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. He would go on to hold the posts of Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary, Norroy King of Arms and Brunswick King of Arms. In 1784, he was appointed Garter Principal King of Arms. It was in this capacity that he helped to plan the funeral of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Heard continued as Garter until his death in 1822 at the age of 91.He married Katherine Tyler of Boston, Massachusetts, widow of Captain David Ochterlony and mother of Sir David Ochterlony Bt, who rose to the rank of Major General in the East India Company.He is mentioned in the poem "Epitaph on a tuft-hunter" by Thomas Moore 1779-1852:".