March Pursuivant

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

March Pursuivant

The heraldic badge of March Pursuivant of Arms
Heraldic tradition	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Governing body	Court of the Lord Lyon

The office was first mentioned in 1515 and it is associated with the part of the Border area that was known as the Marches, i.e. the whole border area.[1]

The badge of office is a demi lion rampant holding a rose Gules and gorged with a coronet of four fleur de lys (two visible) and four crosses pattée (one and two halves visible) Or.[2]

The office is currently vacant.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref[3]
	William Brown of Balmangan	1515
	Sir George Sitwell Campbell-Swinton	1901–1923
	Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig	1923–1927
	Vacant	1927–Present

See also

• Officer of Arms
• Pursuivant
• Court of the Lord Lyon
• Heraldry Society of Scotland

References

1. "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Dictionary of Period Forms". Julia Smith. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
2. Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, Vol.88 Fol.61
3. 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.

External links

• The Court of the Lord Lyon