Ormond Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (also spelt Ormonde) is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The office was probably instituted around the same time as the creation of James Stewart, second son of James III of Scotland, as Marquess of Ormonde in 1476. There is a mention of Ormond being sent with letters to the Earl of Angus in 1488.
The badge of office is A mullet gyronny of ten Or and Gules five fleur-de-lys Gules in the angles between the points surmounted of a coronet of four fleur de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattée (one and two-halves visible) Or.
The office is currently vacant and was last held by John Stirling, WS. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.
Holders of the office ArmsName Date of appointmentRefJohn Scrimgeour of Glaster1501Alexander Oliphant1557Martin Udwart1566Alexander MacCulloch1569John Gledstanes of Quothquhan1577David Gardner1607James Currie1622Adam Clerk1636Patrick Murdoch1641Mungo Murray1661James Spence1668William Smith1701John Turner1708Alexander Martin1710George Dick1725Patrick Begbie1769James Lawrie1782William Allan1807Edward Livingstone1834George Goldie1835Andrew Paterson1840John Brown1855Vacant1879–1971Maj. David Maitland-Titterton1971–1982Vacant1982–2009Mark D. Dennis2009–2017Vacant2017–2021John Stirling, WS2021–2024Vacant2024-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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