Kintyre Pursuivant
Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms was a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The heraldic badge of Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms | |
| Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Governing body | Court of the Lord Lyon |
The Kintyre Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms in the service of the Lord of the Isles, but along with Dingwall Pursuivant, Ross Herald, and Islay Herald became an officer of arms to the Scottish Crown when the last Lord of the Isles forfeited his estates and titles to James IV of Scotland in 1493.
The badge of office is Two dolphins hauriant addorsed Azure enfiled of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.[1]
John Charles Grossmith George held the office of Kintyre Pursuivant from 1986 to 2000, before his retirement and subsequent appointment as Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary.
The office is currently vacant.
Holders of the office Edit
| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Loutfoot | 1494 | ||
| Sir John Pettigrew | 1536 | ||
| John Forsyth | 1548 | ||
| Patrick Davidson | 1557 | [3] | |
| James Purdie of Kinaldies | 1569 | [4][5] | |
| William Rankeillour | 1595 | ||
| Walter Ritchie | 1616 | ||
| John Ritchie | 1632 | ||
| William Stewart | 1633 | ||
| George Stewart | 1641 | ||
| George Gordon | 1661 | ||
| John Dale (or Daill) | 1668 | ||
| Alexander Barbour | 1684 | ||
| John Skene | 1706 | ||
| Sir John Erskine of Cambo, Baronet | 1707 | ||
| Alexander Green | 1714 | ||
| John Masson | 1715 | ||
| James Clarkson | 1724 | ||
| Thomas Nicolson | 1761 | ||
| James Geddes | 1785 | ||
| Robert Hamilton | 1821 | ||
| William Robert Montignani | 1859 | ||
| John Jeffers Wilson | 1860 | ||
| Hugh Gray Tibbetts | 1866 | ||
| Vacant | 1869–1953 | ||
| Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk | 1953–1955 | [6] | |
| Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle | 1955–1971 | [7][8] | |
| Vacant | 1971–1986 | ||
| John Charles Grossmith George | 1986–2000 | [9] | |
| Vacant | 2000–Present |
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol.12 (1970), 69
- ^ Register Privy Council Scotland, vol.1 (1879), pp.658-660, list of heralds and messengers
- ^ Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol.12 (1970), 188
- ^ "No. 17054". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 March 1953. p. 143.
- ^ "No. 17273". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 April 1955. p. 212.
- ^ "No. 19053". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 December 1971. p. 1004.
- ^ "No. 21898". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 March 1986. p. 311.
External links Edit
- The Court of the Lord Lyon