Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
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Jurisdiction | Scotland |
Governing body | Court of the Lord Lyon |
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]
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]
Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref [4] |
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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] |