Bute_Pursuivant

Bute Pursuivant

Bute Pursuivant

Scottish officer of arms

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

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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

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References

  1. [1]
    "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Dictionary of Period Forms". Julia Smith. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. [2]
    Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  3. [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. [4]
    "No. 25116". The Edinburgh Gazette. 9 November 2001. p. 2663.


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