Kintyre_Pursuivant

Kintyre Pursuivant

Kintyre Pursuivant

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

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The Kintyre Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms in the service of the Lord of the Isles, but along with Dingwall Pursuivant, Ross Herald, and Islay Herald became an officer of arms to the Scottish Crown when the last Lord of the Isles forfeited his estates and titles to James IV of Scotland in 1493.

The badge of office is Two dolphins hauriant addorsed Azure enfiled of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.[1]

John Charles Grossmith George held the office of Kintyre Pursuivant from 1986 to 2000, before his retirement and subsequent appointment as Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary.

The office is currently vacant.

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References

  1. [1]
    Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol.12 (1970), 69
  4. [4]
    Register Privy Council Scotland, vol.1 (1879), pp.658-660, list of heralds and messengers
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    Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol.12 (1970), 188
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    "No. 17054". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 March 1953. p. 143.
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    "No. 17273". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 April 1955. p. 212.
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    "No. 19053". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 December 1971. p. 1004.
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    "No. 21898". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 March 1986. p. 311.


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