Carrick Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The title is derived from the Earldom of Carrick, one of the titles borne by Robert the Bruce before his succession to the crown. The arms of the Earldom are Argent, a chevron Gules, hence the chevron in the pursuivant's badge. The earliest known reference to the office is from 1364.
The badge is blazoned: A chevron Gules enfiled of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.
The current Carrick Pursuivant is Professor Gillian Black. She took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation in her previous role of Linlithgow Pursuivant alongside her predecessor as Carrick Pursuivant George Way of Plean.
Holders of the office ArmsName Date of appointmentRefJohn Trupour1364... (was Rothesay Herald)1478James Anderson1526James Wallace1531John Paterson1538Alexander Forrester1557Register Privy Council Scotland, vol. 1 (1879), pp. 658–660, list of heralds and messengers.Robert Campbell1582James Cunningham1617Alexander Neilson1622John Spence of Brunstane1633Gideon Weir1633John Sawers1637Thomas Allan1661Willian Glover1672Robert Glover1672John Young1678Patrick Wilson1679Harry Armstrong1699Robert Brown1706George Brodie1747William Douglas1753Malcolm Grant1771John Grieve1790John Young1818James Gillon1827William Anderson1833William Dunnett1836Henry Wilson1855Archibald Thornburn1864Vacant1872–1879Sir James William Mitchell, Baronet1879John Spence1879–1883John Grant1883–1884William Macfarlane Wylie1884–1886Sir Francis James Grant1886–1898William Rae Macdonald1898–1907Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell, Baronet1907-1926Sir Thomas Innes of Learney1926-1935Sir Alexander Hay Seton, Baronet1935–1939Alexander James Stevenson1939–1946Sir James Monteith Grant1946–1957Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight1958–1971David John Wilson Reid of Robertland1972–1974John Alexander Spens1974–1985Vacant1985–1992Elizabeth Ann Roads1992–2010Vacant2010–2017George Way of Plean2017–2024Prof. Gillian Black2024–Present
See also Officer of Arms Pursuivant Court of the Lord Lyon Heraldry Society of Scotland
References
External links The Court of the Lord Lyon
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