Rothesay Herald

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Rothesay Herald
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The heraldic badge of Rothesay Herald of Arms
 
Heraldic tradition Gallo-British
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]

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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 George Way of Plean.[ citation needed ]

Holders of the office

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef [3]
... (was Carrick Pursuivant)1479
... Banelee1507
Robert Hart1533
Arms of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount (Secundus).svg Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet1557 [4]
John Forman1568 [5]
Florens Douglas1574
James Borthwick1597
William Craig1607
John Spence of Wormiston1633
James Ewing1661 [6]
Hierome Spence of Brunstane1667
William Glover1633
Walter Melville1697
Arms of Sir Charles Erskine of Cambo, Baronet.svg David Erskine1718
Arms of George Glass.svg George Glass1724
John Brodie1746
George Brodie1753
William Douglas1790
Robert Dick1804
Arms of Lorimer of Kellyfield.svg James Lorimer of Kellyfield1822
Vacant1868–1879
Arms of Sir James William Mitchell.svg Sir James William Mitchell, Baronet1879–1898
Arms of Sir Francis James Grant.svg Sir Francis James Grant 1898–1929
Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, Baronet1929–1939
Lt-Col. Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson
(Office used in Extraordinary from 1981)		1939–1986 [7]
Arms of Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw.svg Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet1986–2021 [8]
Arms of Liam Devlin.svg Liam Devlin Esq. 2021–2024 [9] [10]
Arms of George Way of Plean.svg George Way of Plean 2024–Present [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 2 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. ↑ John H. Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland (1914), vol ii, p 445-446.
  5. ↑ Register Privy Council Scotland, vol.1 (1879), pp.658-660, list of heralds and messengers in 1569
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "No. 20923". The Edinburgh Gazette . 12 June 1981. p. 780.
  8. ↑ "No. 21986". The Edinburgh Gazette . 5 August 1986. p. 1185.
  9. ↑ "New Appointments at the Lyon Court". New Appointments at the Lyon Court. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "rothesay". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "rothesay". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 August 2024.


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