Gus Peplow Lecture: My Grant of Arms by Tony Kelly

This year’s Gus Peplow lecture will be MY GRANT OF ARMS by Tony Kelly.

An account of the process, technicalities and fun involved.
Tony is a proud Brummie and is a Governor of the Birmingham Society and a past President of St Paul’s Club. His professional life included over thirty years with Firmin and Sons, one of Birmingham’s oldest companies – button makers and much else to the Royal Household and the armed forces. They still have the original bits that made Nelson’s buttons.
 

William Augustus Peplow

Gus as he was known was a successful business man from the Black Country and descended from a long line of clockmakers. He had a keen interest in Heraldry, which he helped develop in the society, also making authoritative surveys of the hatchments of Worcestershire. He later became President of the Worcester Archaeological Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. After his demise in 1983 this annual lecture was set up in his memory.