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Carrick Pursuivant

Carrick Pursuivant

Scottish title

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

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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

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See also

References

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


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