Dingwall Pursuivant

Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.[1]

Dingwall Pursuivant
The heraldic badge of Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionScotland
Governing bodyCourt of the Lord Lyon

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

The badge of office is A mullet within an annulet rayonnee Or and enfiled in chief 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 Yvonne Holton BA(Hons) FGA, DGA, FRSA. She was appointed to this post on the 20 June 2011.[3] Mrs. Holton also holds the position of Herald Painter to the Court of the Lord Lyon, a title to which she was appointed since 10 January 2005.

Holders of the office
Arms Name Date of appointment Ref[4]
James Aikman 1460
David Blyth 1580
David Spens 1545
Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet 1545
John Brown 1565
William Henderson 1566 [5]
John Purdy 1590
Daniel Graham 1596
John Yellowlees 1603
Gilbert Hunter 1617
Alexander Murray 1661
Robert Knox 1668
James Dunbar 1675
James Guthrie 1682
David Auchmouty of Drummeldrie 1712
William Gray 1718
Hugh Spark 1747
William Gordon of Craig and Holm 1761
James Mitchell 1774
Robert Thomson 1795
David Alexander 1823
Alexander MacCulloch Anderson 1828
John Neill 1830
Samuel Bough 1864–1878
Vacant 1878–1939
Major Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig 1939–1983
Charles John Burnett 1983–1988 [6]
Vacant 1988–2011
Yvonne Holton 2011–Present [7]

See also

References
  1. "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  3. "Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  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. Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 10 (1913), 489, 515
  6. "No. 21452". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 December 1983. p. 1959.
  7. "No. 26958". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 June 2011. p. 1179.
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