LODGE

lodge, edmund (1756-1839), english writer on heraldry, was born in london on the 13th of june 1756, son of edmund lodge, rector of carshalton, surrey. he held a cornet's commission in the army, which he resigned in 1773. in 1782 he became bluemantle pursuivant-at-arms in the college of arms. he subsequently became lancaster herald, norroy king-at-arms, clarencieux king-at-arms, and, in 1832, knight of the order of the guelphs of hanover. he died in london on the 16th of january 1839. he wrote _illustrations of british history_, _biography and manners in the reigns of henry viii., edward vi., mary, elizabeth and james i._ ... (3 vols., 1791), consisting of selections from the mss. of the howard, talbot and cecil families preserved at the college of arms; _life of sir julius caesar ..._ (2nd ed., 1827). he contributed the literary matter to _portraits of illustrious personages of great britain_ (1814, &c.), an elaborate work of which a popular edition is included in bohn's "illustrated library." his most important work on heraldry was _the genealogy of the existing british peerage ..._ (1832; enlarged edition, 1859). in _the annual peerage and baronetage_ (1827-1829), reissued after 1832 as _peerage of the british empire_, and generally known as lodge's peerage, his share did not go beyond the title-page.