Rothesay Herald
The heraldic badge of Rothesay Herald of Arms
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionScotland
Governing bodyCourt 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]

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 Liam Devlin.[citation needed]

Holders of the office

Arms Name Date of appointment Ref[3]
... (was Carrick Pursuivant) 1479
... Banelee 1507
Robert Hart 1533
Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet 1557 [4]
John Forman 1568 [5]
Florens Douglas 1574
James Borthwick 1597
William Craig 1607
John Spence of Wormiston 1633
James Ewing 1661 [6]
Hierome Spence of Brunstane 1667
William Glover 1633
Walter Melville 1697
David Erskine 1718
George Glass 1724
John Brodie 1746
George Brodie 1753
William Douglas 1790
Robert Dick 1804
James Lorimer of Kellyfield 1822
Vacant 1868–1879
Sir James William Mitchell, Baronet 1879–1898
Sir Francis James Grant 1898–1929
Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, Baronet 1929–1939
Lt-Col. Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson
(Office used in Extraordinary from 1981) 		1939–1986 [7]
Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet 1986–2021 [8]
Liam Devlin Esq. 2021–Present [9][10]

See also

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.

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