Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish herald of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The office was created after 1398 when the dukedom of Rothesay was conferred on David, eldest son of King Robert III, on 28 April 1398. This was the first ducal creation ever granted in Scotland.
The badge of office is Two fleurs-de-lys Gules surmounted of a three point label chequy Azure and Argent and ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.
The office is currently held by George Way of Plean, Baron of Plean.
Holders of the office ArmsName Date of appointmentRef... (was Carrick Pursuivant)1479... Banelee1507Robert Hart1533 Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet1557John H. Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland (1914), vol ii, p 445-446.John Forman1568Register Privy Council Scotland, vol.1 (1879), pp.658-660, list of heralds and messengers in 1569Florens Douglas1574James Borthwick1597William Craig1607John Spence of Wormiston1633James Ewing1661The Earl of Stirling's Register of Royal Letters relative to the affairs of Scotland and Nova Scotia from 1615 to 1635, vol.2 (1885), p.665.Hierome Spence of Brunstane1667William Glover1633Walter Melville1697David Erskine1718George Glass1724John Brodie1746George Brodie1753William Douglas1790Robert Dick1804James Lorimer of Kellyfield1822Vacant1868–1879Sir James William Mitchell, Baronet1879–1898Sir Francis James Grant1898–1929Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, Baronet1929–1939Lt-Col. Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson(Office used in Extraordinary from 1981)1939–1986Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet1986–2021Liam Devlin Esq.2021–2024George Way of Plean, Baron of Plean2024–Present
See also Officer of Arms Herald Court of the Lord Lyon Heraldry Society of Scotland
References
External links The Court of the Lord Lyon
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