Ormond Pursuivant

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

Ormond Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (also spelt Ormonde) is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon. [1]

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The office was probably instituted around the same time as the creation of James Stewart, second son of James III of Scotland, as Marquess of Ormonde in 1476. There is a mention of Ormond being sent with letters to the Earl of Angus in 1488.

The badge of office is A mullet gyronny of ten Or and Gules five fleur-de-lys Gules in the angles between the points surmounted of a coronet of four fleur de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattée (one and two-halves visible) Or. [2]

The office is currently held by John Stirling, WS. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation. [3]


Holders of the office

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef [4]
John Scrimgeour of Glaster1501
Arms of Oliphant of that Ilk.svg Alexander Oliphant1557
Martin Udwart1566
Alexander MacCulloch1569
John Gledstanes of Quothquhan1577
David Gardner1607
James Currie1622
Adam Clerk1636
Patrick Murdoch1641
Mungo Murray1661
James Spence1668
William Smith1701
John Turner1708
Arms of Alexander Martin.svg Alexander Martin1710
George Dick1725
Patrick Begbie1769
James Lawrie1782
William Allan1807
Edward Livingstone1834
George Goldie1835
Andrew Paterson1840
John Brown1855
Vacant1879–1971
Maj. David Maitland-Titterton 1971–1982 [5]
Vacant1982–2009
Arms of Mark Dennis.svg Mark D. Dennis2009–2017 [6]
Vacant2017–2021
Arms of John Stirling.svg John Stirling, WS2021–Present [7] [8]

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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 2 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  3. ↑ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "No. 19053". The Edinburgh Gazette . 17 December 1971. p. 1004.
  6. ↑ "No. 26645". The Edinburgh Gazette . 19 June 2009. p. 2905.
  7. ↑ "New Appointments at the Lyon Court". New Appointments at the Lyon Court. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "ormond". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 September 2021.


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