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Guy Stair Sainty

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Guy Stair Sainty is an art dealer and author on royal genealogy and heraldry.

Life and education

Guy Sainty is the son of Christopher Lawrence Sainty of London. His grandfather, Arthur Stair, was the founder of Stair & Company, which sold art in Manhattan and London while his great-grandfather, Edwin Cade, founded the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, which operated gold mines in Ghana.[1] He was raised in Sussex where he served as a staff officer in the Saint John Ambulance Brigade.[2] He attended the Westminster School and continued his education in Rome and at The College of Law in London.[2] In 1979, he moved to New York[3] and founded the Stair Sainty Gallery with another office in London.[4] In May 1983, he married Cynthia Volk and the two had three children.[1] After this marriage was dissolved,[citation needed] Sainty married Elizabeth Pierson, a private dealer of 19th and 20th century art in New York, on 28 May 1995.[5] With his second wife, Sainty had three more children.[3]

Published works

Sainty has contributed to many works on art of the early modern period. In addition, one of his most ambitious works to date has been the publication of World Orders of Knighthood and Merit by Burke's Peerage and Gentry (ISBN 0971196672). It was co-edited by Rafal Heydel-Mankoo in 2006. He has also written extensively on individual orders of chivalry, such as the Sacred Military Order of Constantine of Saint George and the British Order of Saint John. His published works include:

  • Sacred Military Order of Constantine of Saint George 1976
  • First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV the the Revolution 1985
  • François Boucher: His Circle and Influence 1987
  • The Orders of Chivalry and Merit of the Bourbon Two Sicilies Dynasty 1989
  • Eighty Years of French Painting: 1775-1855 1991
  • The Orders of Saint John 1991
  • La Insigne Orden de Tosón de Oro 1996
  • Romance and Chivalry: Literature and History Reflected in Early 19th Century French Painting 1996
  • An Eye on Nature II: French Landscape Painting from 1785-1900 1999

In addition he has written numerous articles in scholarly publications on nobility, European royal dynasties, and orders of chivalry. He also maintains an extensive website detailing the histories and current status of many chivalric orders.

Appointments, awards, and decorations

Guy Sainty has been involved in the world of chivalry and heraldry for many years. During that time, he has also been given many awards and decorations. Resulting from his work with the Saint John Ambulance, Sainty was made a commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John on 16 June 1989.[6] On 30 July 1992, he was promoted to the rank of knight in that Order.[7] He is also a member of the Savoyard Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[8] and a Vice-Grand Chancellor of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George.[9] Sainty's armorial bookplate shows the insignia of the Order of St. Januarius, the Venerable Order of St. John, the Order of St. Gregory, the Sacred and Military Constantinian Order of St. George, and the Order of St. Joseph of Tuscany.[10]

Sainty is also an armiger having had arms granted by the College of Arms in London, matriculated at the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh, and certified by the Cronista de Armas in Spain. The blazon of these arms is Azure a Chief Gules over all in pale two Hippocampuses respectant Or and in the Azure two Keys palewise wards upwards and outwards the bows linked in Or.[11]

Libel suit by Rosario Poidimani

In December 2003 Poidimani brought a libel suit in Italy against Guy Stair Sainty on account of his published analysis of the portuguese pretenders Maria Pia od Saxe Coburg Braganza and Rosario Poidimani claims, A Brief Response to Statements Made by the Supporters of the late Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburg-Bragança, her Grandson Carlos Miguel Berrocal y Blais, and her Alleged Cognate Rosario Poidimani in Respect of their Claims to the Throne of Portugal [1]. In August 2004 the court ruled that Poidimani was not entitled to any financial compensation from Sainty. It is nothing whatsoever to do with the merits of the case nor the claims of Mr Poidimani which have not even been addressed by the court as yet[2].[12].

References

  1. ^ a b "Miss Volk Weds Guy Stair Sainty - New York Times". The New York Times. 5 February 1983. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  2. ^ a b "World Orders of Knighthood & Merit - Contributors" (PDF). Burke's Peerage & Gentry (UK). None Given. Retrieved 2007-05-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Class Notes". Colorado College. 1995. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  4. ^ "Gazette: Archive View". London Gazette. 16 June 1989. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  5. ^ "Gazette: Archive View". London Gazette. 30 July 1992. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  6. ^ ": : Events : :". American Delegation of Savoy Orders. August 2003. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  7. ^ "MEMBERSHIP - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  8. ^ "G Britain III". José Vicente de Bragança & J. Stewart LeForte. 15 May 1998. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  9. ^ "Roll of Arms of rec.heraldry". Jérôme Grimbert. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  10. ^ Judgement of the Tribunale di Vicenza http://www.icocregister.org/Poidimani_Sainty.htm
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