Bute Pursuivant

The heraldic badge of Bute Pursuivant of Arms
Heraldic tradition	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Governing body	Court of the Lord Lyon

Bute Pursuivant of Arms was a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.

The title of the office derives from the Isle of Bute, which was the personal property of the Scottish monarchs.^[1]

The badge of office is A lymphad Sable, flagged Gules in full sail Or charged of a fess chequy Azure and Argent, the yard surmounted of a coronet of four fleur-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.^[2]

The office is currently vacant. The most recent Bute Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary was W David H Sellar (latterly Lord Lyon King of Arms).

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref[3]
	Robert Hart	1528
	Peter Thomson	1535
	Adam MacCulloch	1554
	John Calder	1561
	John Binsele	1590
	William MacKiesoun	1598
	Eleazor Mackesone	1616
	John Thomson	1636
	William Malcolm	1647
	James Alisone	1661
	John Hoge	1675
	John Wright	1704
	Sir Charles Erskine of Cambo, Baronet	1707
	George Glass	1715
	Alexander Thomson	1724
	John Douglas	1765
	George Douglas of Torquhine	1768
	Archibald Campbell	1776
	Alexander Law	1796
	Daniel Menzies	1821
	Ebenezer Macgeorge	1822
	David Littlejohn	1833
	William Goodall Bayley	1838
	Walter Ferguson	1851
	Robert Spence Livingstone	1884
	Andrew Munro Ross	1885
	John Thomas Loth	1888
	James Keir Lamont	1899
	Vacant	1901–2001
	William David Hamilton Sellar	2001–2008	[4]
	Vacant	2008–Present