Ormond Pursuivant

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]

Ormond Pursuivant
The heraldic badge of Ormond Pursuivant of Arms
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionScotland
Governing bodyCourt of the Lord Lyon

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
Arms Name Date of appointment Ref[4]
John Scrimgeour of Glaster 1501
Alexander Oliphant 1557
Martin Udwart 1566
Alexander MacCulloch 1569
John Gledstanes of Quothquhan 1577
David Gardner 1607
James Currie 1622
Adam Clerk 1636
Patrick Murdoch 1641
Mungo Murray 1661
James Spence 1668
William Smith 1701
John Turner 1708
Alexander Martin 1710
George Dick 1725
Patrick Begbie 1769
James Lawrie 1782
William Allan 1807
Edward Livingstone 1834
George Goldie 1835
Andrew Paterson 1840
John Brown 1855
Vacant 1879–1971
Maj. David Maitland-Titterton 1971–1982 [5]
Vacant 1982–2009
Mark D. Dennis 2009–2017 [6]
Vacant 2017–2021
John Stirling, WS 2021–Present [7][8]

See also

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. 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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