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The '''Flag Institute''' is a membership organisation and UK-registered educational charity devoted to the study and promotion of [[flag]]s and flag flying.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317091810/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1152496&subId=0 |archive-date= 17 March 2022 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1152496&subId=0 |title= The Flag Institute - 1152496 }}</ref> It documents flags in the UK and around the world, maintains a UK Flag Registry, and offers advice and guidance about flags and their design and usage. It is often consulted on these matters but holds no official status or authority.
The '''Flag Institute''' is a UK membership organisation headquartered in [[London]], England, concerned with researching and promoting the use and design of [[flag]]s. It documents [[flag]]s in the UK and internationally. It is often consulted on matters relating to flag design and usage, but holds no official status or authority and is a registered charity.<ref>{{EW charity|1152496|The Flag Institute}}</ref>


==History and role==
==History and role==
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[[File:Flag of the Flag Institute (1971–2016).svg|thumb|Original flag of the Flag Institute, used from 1971 to 2016]]
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The Flag Institute was formed from the Flag Section of [[The Heraldry Society]] on [[St George's Day]], 23 April 1971, by [[William Crampton]], later president of [[International Federation of Vexillological Associations|FIAV]], with E.M.C. Barraclough as its chairman.<ref>[http://www.flaginstitute.org/pdfs/eflags08.pdf Flag Institute, ''eFlags'', no.8, 2008, p.10]</ref><ref>[https://www.fotw.info/flags/vex-fi.html#details Flag Institute at Flags of the World]</ref> It is a membership-based [[vexillological]] organisation with over 400 members from all parts of the world, an adviser to the UK Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee, and the provider of advice and information to individuals and organisations including [[UK Government]] departments, the [[BBC]], [[ITN]], and many publishers, museums and libraries.<ref>[http://www.flaginstitute.org/index.php?location=0 Flag Institute home page]</ref>
[[File:Pickles-Ashburner-FlagInstituteSpringMeeting2011.JPG|thumb|[[Eric Pickles]], Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with Charles Ashburner, chief executive and trustee of the Flag Institute]]

[[File:Graham Bartram Photo.jpg|thumb|Graham Bartram. Chief Vexillologist and Trustee of the Flag Institute]]
[[File:Graham Bartram Photo.jpg|thumb|Graham Bartram. Chief Vexillologist and Trustee of the Flag Institute]]
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The Institute was formed out of the Flag Section of [[The Heraldry Society]] on [[St George's Day]], 23 April 1971, by [[William Crampton]], later President of [[International Federation of Vexillological Associations|FIAV]], with [[Charles Kingsley (yacht designer)#Evarne|E.M.C. Barraclough]] as its chairman.<ref>[http://www.flaginstitute.org/pdfs/eflags08.pdf Flag Institute, ''eFlags'', no.8, 2008, p.10]</ref><ref>[http://www.fotw.net/flags/vex-fi.html#details Flag Institute at Flags of the World]</ref> It is a membership-based [[vexillological]] organisation with over 500 members from all parts of the world, and provides advice and assistance to individuals and organisations including [[UK Government]] departments, the [[BBC]], [[ITN]], and many publishers, museums and libraries.<ref>[http://www.flaginstitute.org/index.php?location=0 Flag Institute home page]</ref>


The Institute maintains the [[William Crampton Library]], based in [[Kingston upon Hull]], England and named in honour of its co-founder. It publishes a quarterly journal, ''[[Flagmaster]]'', and a virtual magazine called ''eFlags''. Since 2006 it has sponsored an annual public lecture on a flag-related topic, known as the '[[William Gordon Perrin|Perrin]] Lecture'. It holds twice yearly meetings for its members in various locations around the United Kingdom. The Institute itself is governed by a Board of five elected Trustees who are advised by an appointed Council of members.
The Flag Institute became a charity in 2013, following a postal vote of its members, and is governed by a board of five elected Trustees, who are advised by the President and a number of appointed Officers. It maintains the [[William Crampton Library]], named in honour of its co-founder, and publishes a bi-annual journal, ''Flagmaster''. It holds twice-yearly Conferences, open to members and non-members, in locations around the UK or on Zoom.


[[File:County flags around Parliament Square, 2019.jpg|thumb|County flags in Parliament Square in 2019]]
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Until early 2010 the national flag of the [[United Kingdom]] was only flown from the Houses of Parliament when [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] was sitting, and when the Houses rose it was taken down and the flagpole left bare.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 March 2011|title=9 Year Campaign to have Union Jack Fly Permanently from Houses of Parliament Succeeds|url=http://www.flagmakers.co.uk/blog/flags/9-year-campaign-to-have-union-jack-fly-permanently-from-houses-of-parliament-succeeds/|accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> The Flag Institute with the Flags and Heraldry Committee campaigned to see the flag flown permanently. In early 2010 [[Black Rod]] agreed that this should be so and since then the flag has flown all the time.

The Flag Institute was congratulated by the [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]], [[Eric Pickles]], on its first 40 years of service to the United Kingdom. In May 2011 he said:<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/flag-institute-spring-meeting-2011 www.communities.gov.uk – text of speech delivered by Eric Pickles, 14 May 2011]</ref>
<blockquote>Let me start by congratulating the Flag Institute on its first 40 years. 40 years as a respected source of help and advice. Not only to the UK Government, but to the United Nations and other organisations around the world. 40 years of bringing together enthusiasts, educating the public, and spreading knowledge.....The UK is very lucky in having – in the Institute – a group of dedicated and informed people who do a great deal to make sure that that respect is given. In your first 40 years you have established your credentials not just in this country, but on the world stage.</blockquote>On 14 May 2011 at the Flag Institute Spring Meeting, Pickles announced his intention to liberalise flag flying regulations in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 May 2011|title=Speech – Flag Institute Spring Meeting 2011|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/flag-institute-spring-meeting-2011|accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> The resulting discussion paper titled ''Liberalising the regime for flying flags''<ref>{{cite web|date=6 January 2012|title=Liberalising the regime for flying flags: discussion paper|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/8414/2060458.pdf|accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> was published by DCLG in January 2012. New regulations were laid before Parliament on 17 September 2012 and came into force on 12 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 September 2012|title=The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2372/made|accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref>

Following a postal ballot of members, the Institute became a charity at its annual general meeting in Worcester on Saturday 17 November 2012.


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In 2010 the Flag Institute and the UK Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee campaigned successfully to ensure that the national flag of the [[United Kingdom]] would fly permanently from the flagpole of the Houses of Parliament. Previously the Union Flag had flown only when [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] was in session, leaving the flagpole bare at other times.<ref>{{cite web|title=9 Year Campaign to have Union Jack Fly Permanently from Houses of Parliament Succeeds|url=http://www.flagmakers.co.uk/blog/flags/9-year-campaign-to-have-union-jack-fly-permanently-from-houses-of-parliament-succeeds/ |website=Flagmakers |accessdate=21 November 2012|date=25 March 2011}}</ref>
==UK Flag Registry==
==UK Flag Registry==
The Flag Institute maintains and manages a UK Flag Registry recording the national, supranational, local and community flags flown in the UK and its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.
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The Institute keeps a registry of flags for the countries, regions and counties of the UK.<ref name=registry>{{cite web|url=http://ukflagregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=UK_Flag_Registry|work= The Flag Institute | title= UK Flag Registry}}</ref> Flag designs with which its officers have been involved include those for the badge and ensign of the [[UK Border Agency]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom of Information Request: UK Border Agency Flag|url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/flag?unfold=1|accessdate=31 March 2011|date=9 June 2010}}</ref> and the flag of the [[UK Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom of Information Request: Supreme Court Flag|url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/supreme_court_flag|accessdate=31 March 2011|date=1 June 2010}}</ref>

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All Scottish flags must, by law, be authorised by [[Lord Lyon]] and recorded in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. The Earl Marshal and the [[College of Arms]] are legally responsible for flags in the rest of the UK.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=College of Arms - College of Arms|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.college-of-arms.gov.uk}}</ref> Both the College of Arms and the Court of Lord Lyon maintain their respective country's official register of flags. Flags and symbols relating to the military are regulated by the Crown through the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], which also governs flags flown at sea by British-registered vessels.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Ministry of Defence - Regulations covering the Flying of Flags in the United Kingdom|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/393927/response/959318/attach/5/ADR%20Part%2011%20Flying%20Flags%20in%20UK.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1|url-status=live|access-date=|website=What Do They Know}}</ref>


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Its officers have also been involved in several flag designs, including those for the badge and ensign of the [[UK Border Agency]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom of Information Request: UK Border Agency Flag|url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/flag?unfold=1 |website=WhatDoTheyKnow |accessdate=31 March 2011|date=9 June 2010}}</ref> and the flag of the [[UK Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom of Information Request: Supreme Court Flag|url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/supreme_court_flag |website=WhatDoTheyKnow |accessdate=31 March 2011|date=1 June 2010}}</ref>
In 2022, the UK Government published guidance that the only organisations with responsibility for flags are the [[College of Arms]] and [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Union Flag flying guidance for UK government buildings|url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying|access-date=2022-02-12|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref>[[File:West-Ashburner-Rosindell-NationsFlag.JPG|thumb|[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] [[Lord West]], Charles Ashburner, and [[Andrew Rosindell]] MP, celebrate the permanent flying of the Nation's flag over the [[Palace of Westminster]].]]
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All Scottish flags must, by law, be authorised by [[Lord Lyon]] and recorded in the 'Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland' and he appointed the Flag Institute's [[Philip Tibbetts]] to the newly created role of [[Honorary Vexillologist to the Court of the Lord Lyon]]. The Earl Marshal and the [[College of Arms]] are legally responsible for flags in the rest of the UK.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=College of Arms - College of Arms|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/|access-date=1 April 2021|website= college-of-arms.gov.uk}}</ref> Both the College of Arms and the Court of Lord Lyon maintain the official register of flags for their respective country or countries. Flags and symbols relating to the UK Armed Forces are regulated by the Crown through the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], which also governs flags flown at sea by British-registered vessels.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title= Regulations covering the Flying of Flags in the United Kingdom|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/393927/response/959318/attach/5/ADR%20Part%2011%20Flying%20Flags%20in%20UK.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1|access-date=|website=What Do They Know |publisher=Ministry of Defence | date=March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195836/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/393927/response/959318/attach/5/ADR%20Part%2011%20Flying%20Flags%20in%20UK.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |archive-date= 24 June 2021 }}</ref>
[[File:Rosindell-Farrow.jpg|thumb|Malcolm Farrow, President of the Flag Institute (right) with [[Andrew Rosindell]] MP, Chair of the Flags and Heraldry Committee]]


==Publications==
==Publications==
In 2010 the Flag Institute, with the Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee,<ref>{{cite web|title=Written Answers: Supreme Court Flags|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110301/text/110301w0005.htm#1103022002775|work=Hansard|date=1 March 2011|accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref> published a guide to Britain’s flag [[Etiquette|protocol]], ''Flying Flags in the United Kingdom'' ({{ISBN|978-0-9513286-1-3}}).<ref>{{cite book | title=Flying Flags in the United Kingdom | page = 3 | quote= First published in the United Kingdom in 2010 by the Flag Institute in association with the Flags and Heraldry Committee of the UK Parliament and with support from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. | isbn=978-0-9513286-1-3 | url=http://www.flaginstitute.org/pdfs/Flying_Flags_in_the_United_Kingdom.pdf | accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref>
In 2010 the Flag Institute, with the Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee,<ref>{{cite web|title=Written Answers: Supreme Court Flags|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110301/text/110301w0005.htm#1103022002775 |publisher=UK Parliament |work=Hansard|date=1 March 2011|accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref> published a guide to Britain's flag [[Etiquette|protocol]], ''Flying Flags in the United Kingdom''. A revised edition was published in 2020.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Flying-Flags-in-the-United-Kingdom.pdf |publisher=Flags & Heraldry Committee; Flag Institute |title=Flying Flags in the United Kingdom |isbn=978-0-9513286-1-3 |edition=Revised |publication-date=May 2020 |orig-date=March 2010 |page= |quote=First published in the United Kingdom in 2010 by the Flag Institute in association with the Flags and Heraldry Committee of the UK Parliament and with support from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Copyright © The Flag Institute 2010, revisions 2020. |accessdate=11 July 2024}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 15:26, 30 September 2024

Flag Institute
Formation23 April 1971; 53 years ago (1971-04-23)
FounderWilliam Crampton
TypeCharitable incorporated organisation
Registration no.1152496
PurposeVexillology
Location
President
Malcolm Farrow
Key people
John Hall (Chairman)
Websitewww.flaginstitute.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Flag Institute is a membership organisation and UK-registered educational charity devoted to the study and promotion of flags and flag flying.[1] It documents flags in the UK and around the world, maintains a UK Flag Registry, and offers advice and guidance about flags and their design and usage. It is often consulted on these matters but holds no official status or authority.

History and role

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Original flag of the Flag Institute, used from 1971 to 2016

The Flag Institute was formed from the Flag Section of The Heraldry Society on St George's Day, 23 April 1971, by William Crampton, later president of FIAV, with E.M.C. Barraclough as its chairman.[2][3] It is a membership-based vexillological organisation with over 400 members from all parts of the world, an adviser to the UK Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee, and the provider of advice and information to individuals and organisations including UK Government departments, the BBC, ITN, and many publishers, museums and libraries.[4]

Graham Bartram. Chief Vexillologist and Trustee of the Flag Institute

The Flag Institute became a charity in 2013, following a postal vote of its members, and is governed by a board of five elected Trustees, who are advised by the President and a number of appointed Officers. It maintains the William Crampton Library, named in honour of its co-founder, and publishes a bi-annual journal, Flagmaster. It holds twice-yearly Conferences, open to members and non-members, in locations around the UK or on Zoom.

County flags in Parliament Square in 2019

In 2010 the Flag Institute and the UK Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee campaigned successfully to ensure that the national flag of the United Kingdom would fly permanently from the flagpole of the Houses of Parliament. Previously the Union Flag had flown only when Parliament was in session, leaving the flagpole bare at other times.[5]

UK Flag Registry

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The Flag Institute maintains and manages a UK Flag Registry recording the national, supranational, local and community flags flown in the UK and its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.

Its officers have also been involved in several flag designs, including those for the badge and ensign of the UK Border Agency[6] and the flag of the UK Supreme Court.[7]

All Scottish flags must, by law, be authorised by Lord Lyon and recorded in the 'Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland' and he appointed the Flag Institute's Philip Tibbetts to the newly created role of Honorary Vexillologist to the Court of the Lord Lyon. The Earl Marshal and the College of Arms are legally responsible for flags in the rest of the UK.[8] Both the College of Arms and the Court of Lord Lyon maintain the official register of flags for their respective country or countries. Flags and symbols relating to the UK Armed Forces are regulated by the Crown through the Ministry of Defence, which also governs flags flown at sea by British-registered vessels.[9]

Publications

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In 2010 the Flag Institute, with the Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee,[10] published a guide to Britain's flag protocol, Flying Flags in the United Kingdom. A revised edition was published in 2020.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "The Flag Institute - 1152496". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ Flag Institute, eFlags, no.8, 2008, p.10
  3. ^ Flag Institute at Flags of the World
  4. ^ Flag Institute home page
  5. ^ "9 Year Campaign to have Union Jack Fly Permanently from Houses of Parliament Succeeds". Flagmakers. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Freedom of Information Request: UK Border Agency Flag". WhatDoTheyKnow. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Freedom of Information Request: Supreme Court Flag". WhatDoTheyKnow. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  8. ^ "College of Arms - College of Arms". college-of-arms.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Regulations covering the Flying of Flags in the United Kingdom" (PDF). What Do They Know. Ministry of Defence. March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Written Answers: Supreme Court Flags". Hansard. UK Parliament. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  11. ^ Flying Flags in the United Kingdom (PDF) (Revised ed.). Flags & Heraldry Committee; Flag Institute. May 2020 [March 2010]. ISBN 978-0-9513286-1-3. Retrieved 11 July 2024. First published in the United Kingdom in 2010 by the Flag Institute in association with the Flags and Heraldry Committee of the UK Parliament and with support from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Copyright © The Flag Institute 2010, revisions 2020.
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