Ormond_Pursuivant

Ormond Pursuivant

Ormond Pursuivant

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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]

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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]


Holders of the office

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References

  1. [1]
    "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. 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]
    "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    "No. 19053". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 December 1971. p. 1004.
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    "No. 26645". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2009. p. 2905.
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    "New Appointments at the Lyon Court". New Appointments at the Lyon Court. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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    "ormond". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 September 2021.


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