▁prof essions ▁of ▁literature , ▁and ▁like wise ▁the ▁knowledge ▁of ▁war res ." ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁em inent ▁anti qu ari ans ▁of ▁their ▁age ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁College , ▁such ▁as ▁Robert ▁Glo ver , ▁William ▁Cam den , ▁Sir ▁William ▁D ug dale , ▁E lias ▁Ash m ole , ▁John ▁An st is , ▁Sir ▁Anthony ▁Wagner ▁and ▁John ▁Bro oke - L ittle . ▁ ▁Even ▁with ▁these ▁examples , ▁many ▁controvers ial ▁appoint ments ▁were ▁made ▁throughout ▁the ▁College ' s ▁history . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 4 ▁the ▁architect ▁and ▁dram at ist ▁Sir ▁John ▁Van b rug h ▁was ▁appointed ▁Clar ence ux ▁King ▁of ▁Ar ms , ▁although ▁he ▁knew ▁little ▁of ▁her ald ry ▁and ▁gene al ogy ▁and ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁rid ic u led ▁both . ▁Nevertheless , ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁described ▁as ▁" poss ibly ▁the ▁most ▁distinguished ▁man ▁who ▁has ▁ever ▁worn ▁a ▁her ald ' s ▁tab ard ." ▁Not ed ▁anti qu arian ▁William ▁Old ys , ▁appointed ▁Nor roy ▁King ▁of ▁Ar ms ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 6 , ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁being ▁" rare ly ▁so ber ▁in ▁the ▁afternoon , ▁never ▁after ▁supp er ", ▁and ▁" m uch ▁add icted ▁to ▁low ▁company ". ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁her ald s ▁ ▁Offic ers ▁in ▁Ord inary ▁ ▁Offic ers ▁Ext ra ordinary ▁ ▁Arm orial ▁achiev ement ▁of ▁the ▁College ▁