Ormond Pursuivant

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Ormond Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (also spelt Ormonde) is the title of a Scottish officer of arms. The office is currently vacant, as the reduction in the number of pursuivants in the Court of the Lord Lyon from six to three in the late 19th century means only three titles are in use at any one time.

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.

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Court of the Lord Lyon
King of Arms: Lord Lyon
Heralds of Arms: Albany | Islay | Marchmont | Rothesay | Ross | Snowdoun
Pursuivants of Arms: Bute | Carrick | Dingwall | Kintyre | Ormond | Unicorn
Officers of Arms Extraordinary: Falkland | Linlithgow | March | Orkney
Other Officers: Procurator Fiscal | Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records | Herald Painter