Falkland Pursuivant

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

Falkland Pursuivant

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

The title was first mentioned in 1493 and it is derived from the Royal Palace of the same name located in Fife. The title is often used for a Pursuivant Extraordinary: an officer who is not part of the ordinary complement of the Court but is called to duty when needed.

The badge of office is A stag lodged reguardant Gules, gorged of a coronet of four fleur-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.[2]

On 1 May 2018 the Lord Lyon appointed Roderick Macpherson to the role as an extraordinary Officer of Arms.[3]

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref[4]
	Alexander Guthrie	1532
	Lt-Col. John William Balfour Paul of Cakemuir	1927–1939
	Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Baronet (Office used in Extraordinary)	1952–1953
	David Hugh Montgomerie Boyle (Office used in Extraordinary)	16–29 June 1953	[5]
		27 June–10 July 1955	[6]
	Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight (Office used in Extraordinary)	1957–1958	[7]
	David Hugh Montgomerie Boyle (Office used in Extraordinary)	15–28 October 1962	[8]
		28 June–11 July 1963	[9]
	Maj. Charles John Shaw of Tordarroch (Office used in Extraordinary)	10 June–31 August 1966	[10]
	Maj. David Maitland Maitland-Titterton (Office used in Extraordinary)	1969–1971	[11]
	Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (Office used in Extraordinary)	7–14 July 1978	[12]
	George Way of Plean (Office used in Extraordinary)	2016–2017	[13]
	Roderick Macpherson (Office used in Extraordinary)	2018–Present	[3]

See also

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

References

1. "H.M. Officers of Arms , The Heraldry Society of Scotland - UK Heraldry". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
2. Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
3. "Falkland". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
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. "No. 17086". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 June 1953. p. 353.
6. "No. 17303". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 July 1955. p. 412.
7. "No. 17507". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 May 1957. p. 327.
8. "No. 18080". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 October 1962. p. 648.
9. "No. 18151". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 June 1963. p. 449.
10. "No. 18473". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 July 1966. p. 540.
11. "No. 18792". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 July 1969. p. 543.
12. "No. 19264". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 June 1973. p. 729.
13. "No. 27666". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 January 2016. p. 90.

External links

• The Court of the Lord Lyon