Dingwall Pursuivant

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Dingwall Pursuivant
Badge of the Dingwall Pursuivant.svg
The heraldic badge of Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms
 
Heraldic tradition Gallo-British
Jurisdiction Scotland
Governing body Court of the Lord Lyon

Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. [1]

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Dingwall Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms in the service of the Lord of the Isles, but along with Kintyre Pursuivant, Ross Herald, and Islay Herald became an officer of arms to the Scottish Crown when the Lord of the Isles forfeited his estates and titles to James IV of Scotland in 1493.

The badge of office is A mullet within an annulet rayonnee Or and enfiled in chief of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or. [2]

The office is currently vacant.

Holders of the office

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef [3]
James Aikman1460
David Blyth1580
David Spens1545
Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet1545
John Brown1565
William Henderson1566 [4]
John Purdy1590
Daniel Graham1596
John Yellowlees1603
Gilbert Hunter1617
Alexander Murray1661
Robert Knox1668
James Dunbar1675
James Guthrie1682
David Auchmouty of Drummeldrie1712
Arms of William Gray.svg William Gray1718
Hugh Spark1747
Arms of William Gordon of Craig and Holm.svg William Gordon of Craig and Holm1761
James Mitchell1774
Robert Thomson1795
David Alexander1823
Alexander MacCulloch Anderson1828
John Neill1830
Samuel Bough1864–1878
Vacant1878–1939
Arms of Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig.svg Major Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig 1939–1953
Vacant1953–1983
Arms of Charles Burnett.svg Charles John Burnett 1983–1988 [5]
Vacant1988–2011
Arms of Yvonne Holton.svg Yvonne Holton 2011–2021 [6] [7]
Vacant2021–Present

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References

  1. ↑ "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 10 (1913), 489, 515
  5. ↑ "No. 21452". The Edinburgh Gazette . 30 December 1983. p. 1959.
  6. ↑ "No. 26958". The Edinburgh Gazette . 28 June 2011. p. 1179.
  7. ↑ "Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.


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