Unicorn Pursuivant
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The heraldic badge of Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms | |
| Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
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| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Governing body | Court of the Lord Lyon |
Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.[1]
The title was created after 1381, and derived from the unicorn. One of these beasts is used as a supporter for the royal arms of Scotland, and as a royal badge.
The badge of office is A unicorn couchant Argent, horded, unguled, maned and tufted Or gorged of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.[2]
The office is currently held by John Malden, Esq. He was appointed to this post on 3 April 2012.[3]
Office bearers
- 1860 - ?: Stuart Moodie Livingstone (d.1902)
- 1902 - 1925: John Horne Stevenson
- 1935 - 1929: Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, 2nd Baronet
- 1929 - 1939: Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson
- 1939 - 1953: Gordon Dalyell of the Binns
- 1955 - 1961: Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk
- 1961 - 1981: Don Pottinger[4]
- 1981 - 1986: Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw
- 1986 - 2008: Alastair Campbell of Airds
- 2008 - 2012: The Hon. Adam Bruce[5]
- 2012- present John Malden
See also
- Officer of Arms
- Pursuivant
- Court of the Lord Lyon
- Heraldry Society of Scotland
References
- ↑ "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ↑ Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 27082. p. 1037. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- ↑ Edinburgh Gazette, 30 December 1960
- ↑ Edinburgh Gazette, 19 June 2009
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