Rothesay Herald

Rothesay Herald

The heraldic badge of Rothesay Herald of Arms
Heraldic tradition	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Governing body	Court 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 George Way of Plean.^{[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.	2021–2024	[9][10]
	George Way of Plean	2024–Present	[11]

See also

• Officer of Arms
• Herald
• Court of the Lord Lyon
• Heraldry Society of Scotland

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.
11. "rothesay". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

External links

• The Court of the Lord Lyon