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Carrick Pursuivant
The heraldic badge of Carrick Pursuivant of Arms
 
Heraldic traditionScottish
JurisdictionScotland
Governing bodyCourt of the Lord Lyon

Carrick Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.

The title is derived from the Earldom of Carrick, one of the titles borne by Robert the Bruce before his succession to the crown. The arms of the Earldom are Argent, a chevron Gules, hence the chevron in the pursuivant's badge. The earliest known reference to the office is from 1364.

The badge is blazoned: A chevron Gules enfiled of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.[1]

The current Carrick Pursuivant is George Way of Plean. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.[2]


Holders of the office

Arms Name Date of appointment Ref[3]
John Trupour 1364
... (was Rothesay Herald) 1478
James Anderson 1526
James Wallace 1531
John Paterson 1538
Alexander Forrester 1557 [4]
Robert Campbell 1582
James Cunningham 1617
Alexander Neilson 1622
John Spence of Brunstane 1633
Gideon Weir 1633
John Sawers 1637
Thomas Allan 1661
Willian Glover 1672
Robert Glover 1672
John Young 1678
Patrick Wilson 1679
Harry Armstrong 1699
Robert Brown 1706
George Brodie 1747
William Douglas 1753
Malcolm Grant 1771
John Grieve 1790
John Young 1818
James Gillon 1827
William Anderson 1833
William Dunnett 1836
Henry Wilson 1855
Archibald Thornburn 1864
Vacant 1872–1879
Sir James William Mitchell, Baronet 1879
John Spence 1879–1883
John Grant 1883–1884
William Macfarlane Wylie 1884–1886
Sir Francis James Grant 1886–1898
William Rae Macdonald 1898–1907
Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell, Baronet 1907-1926
Sir Thomas Innes of Learney 1926-1935
Sir Alexander Hay Seton, Baronet 1935–1939
Alexander James Stevenson 1939–1946
Sir James Monteith Grant 1946–1957
Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight 1958–1971 [5]
David John Wilson Reid of Robertland 1972–1974 [6]
John Alexander Spens 1974–1985 [7]
Vacant 1985–1992
Elizabeth Ann Roads 1992–2010 [8]
Vacant 2010–2017
George Way of Plean 2017–Present [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  2. ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  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. ^ Register Privy Council Scotland, vol. 1 (1879), pp. 658–660, list of heralds and messengers.
  5. ^ "No. 19061". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 January 1972. p. 31.
  6. ^ "No. 19061". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 January 1972. p. 31.
  7. ^ "No. 19536". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 October 1974. p. 1223.
  8. ^ "No. 23165". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 May 1992. p. 1400.
  9. ^ "Carrick". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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