Earl Marshal and among his responsibilities today is the organisation of major ceremonial state occasions like the monarch's coronation in Westminster Abbey and state funerals. He is also a leading officer of arms and oversees the College of Arms. The current Earl Marshal is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, who inherited the position in 2002. There was formerly an Earl Marshal of Ireland and Earl Marischal of Scotland. The office of royal marshal existed in much of Europe, involving managing horses and protecting the monarch. In England, the office became hereditary under John FitzGilbert the Marshal (served c.1130–1165) after The Anarchy,
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Ferns, Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh (died 1223). All of William's brothers inherited the title successively, but as Ua Maíl Mhuaidh predicted, none had children and the male line of the family died out on the death of Anselm Marshal in 1245. William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (French: "Guillaume le Maréchal") (11906 April 1231) was a medieval English nobleman and was one of Magna Carta sureties. He fought during the First Barons' War and was present at the Battle of Lincoln (1217) alongside his father William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who led the