Rothesay Herald
Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
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Jurisdiction | Scotland |
Governing body | Court of the Lord Lyon |
Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish herald of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.[1]
The office was created after 1398 when the dukedom of Rothesay was conferred on David, eldest son of King Robert III, on 28 April 1398. This was the first ducal creation ever granted in Scotland.
The badge of office is Two fleurs-de-lys Gules surmounted of a three point label chequy Azure and Argent and ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.[2]
The office is currently held by
Holders of the office[]
Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref[3] |
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... (was Carrick Pursuivant) | 1479 | ||
... Banelee | 1507 | ||
Robert Hart | 1533 | ||
Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet | 1557 | [4] | |
John Forman | 1568 | [5] | |
Florens Douglas | 1574 | ||
James Borthwick | 1597 | ||
William Craig | 1607 | ||
John Spence of Wormiston | 1633 | ||
James Ewing | 1661 | [6] | |
Hierome Spence of Brunstane | 1667 | ||
William Glover | 1633 | ||
Walter Melville | 1697 | ||
David Erskine | 1718 | ||
George Glass | 1724 | ||
John Brodie | 1746 | ||
George Brodie | 1753 | ||
William Douglas | 1790 | ||
Robert Dick | 1804 | ||
James Lorimer of Kellyfield | 1822 | ||
Vacant | 1868–1879 | ||
Sir James William Mitchell, Baronet | 1879–1898 | ||
Sir Francis James Grant | 1898–1929 | ||
Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, Baronet | 1929–1939 | ||
Lt-Col. (Office used in Extraordinary from 1981) |
1939–1986 | [7] | |
Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet | 1986–2021 | [8] | |
2021–Present | [9][10] |
See also[]
- Officer of Arms
- Herald
- Court of the Lord Lyon
- Heraldry Society of Scotland
References[]
- ^ "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
- ^ Grant, Sir Francis James (1945). Court of the Lord Lyon: List of His Majesty's Officers of Arms and Other Officials with Genealogical Notes, 1318-1945. Society.
- ^ John H. Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland (1914), vol ii, p 445-446.
- ^ Register Privy Council Scotland, vol.1 (1879), pp.658-660, list of heralds and messengers in 1569
- ^ The Earl of Stirling's Register of Royal Letters relative to the affairs of Scotland and Nova Scotia from 1615 to 1635, vol.2 (1885), p.665.
- ^ "No. 20923". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 June 1981. p. 780.
- ^ "No. 21986". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 August 1986. p. 1185.
- ^ "New Appointments at the Lyon Court". New Appointments at the Lyon Court. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ "rothesay". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
External links[]
Categories:
- Court of the Lord Lyon
- Offices of arms
- Scotland stubs
- Heraldry stubs