Unicorn Pursuivant

Scottish pursuivant of arms

Unicorn Pursuivant

The heraldic badge of Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms

Heraldic tradition| Gallo-British
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, horned, 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 Roderick Alexander Macpherson. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.[3]

## Holders of the office

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Arms  | Name  | Date of appointment  | Ref[4]

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| John Fraser  | 1426  |
| Adam Wallace of Craigie  | 1467  |
| William Niven  | 1500  |
| Thomas Pettigrew of Magdalensyde  | 1507  |
| John Balfour  | 1528  |
| Robert Hart  | 1543  |
| William Hardy  | 1554  |
| Alexander McCulloch  | 1560  |
| Peter Ramsay  | 1567  |
| Thomas Barrye  | 1570  |
| Robert Fraser  | 1585  |
| John Ramsay  | 1599  |
| James Fuirde  | 1617  |
| John Borthwick  | 1619  |
| Thomas Fuirde  | 1633  |
| George Wight  | 1635  |
| Andrew Littlejohn  | 1636  |
| Andrew Aitchinson  | 1646  |
| William Malcolm  | 1660  |
| William Hume  | 1683  |
| Sir William Erskine of Cambo, Baronet  | 1707  |
| James Kirkwood  | 1715  |
| Charles Gordon  | 1719  |
| William Boyd  | 1741  |
| James Strachan  | 1760  |
| Thomas Husband  | 1764  |
| William Douglas  | 1764  |
| Robert Grant  | 1790  |
| David Anderson  | 1796  |
| David Taylor  | 1806  |
| James Cook  | 1825  |
| James Sinclair  | 1845–1859  |
| Andrew Gillman  | 1859–1860  |
| Stuart Moodie Livingstone | 1860–1902  |
| John Horne Stevenson | 1902–1925  |
| Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, Baronet  | 1925–1929  |
| Lt-Col. Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson | 1929–1939  |
| Lt-Col. Gordon Dalyell of the Binns | 1939–1953  |
| Vacant | 1953–1955  |
| Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Baronet  | 1955–1961  | [5]
| John Inglis Drever "Don" Pottinger | 1961–1981  | [6]
| Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet  | 1981–1986  | [7]
| Alastair Campbell of Airds | 1986–2008  | [8]
| The Hon. Adam Bruce | 2008–2012  | [9]
| Reginald John Malden | 2012–2015  | [10]
| Liam Devlin | 2016–2021  | [11][12]
| Roderick Alexander Macpherson | 2021–Present  | [13][14]

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". Courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
2. ^ Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.77-86&rft.aulast=Roads&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth+Ann&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Unicorn+Pursuivant" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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. 17273". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 April 1955. p. 212.
6. ^ "No. 17888". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 December 1960. p. 815.
7. ^ "No. 20935". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 July 1981. p. 891.
8. ^ "No. 22068". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 December 1986. p. 1955.
9. ^ "No. 26645". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2009. p. 2905.
10. ^ "No. 27082". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 April 2012. p. 1037.
11. ^ "The Court of the Lord Lyon -". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
12. ^ "No. 27666". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 January 2016. p. 90.
13. ^ "New Appointments at the Lyon Court". Officeofthelordlyon.blogspot.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
14. ^ "unicorn". Courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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