Islay Herald
Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
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Jurisdiction | Scotland |
Governing body | Court of the Lord Lyon |
Islay Herald of Arms is a
herald of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.[1]
The office was first mentioned in 1493.
King of Scots during the fifteenth century, several names associated with the Lord of the Isles were absorbed and used by the crown.[2]
The badge of office is Two salmon hauriant embowed Proper encircling a lymphad sails furled oars in action two armed men on deck sinister Sable by a flag Gules ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.[3]
The office is currently held by Yvonne Holton.
Holders of the office
Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref[4] |
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Henry Thomson of Keillour | 1496 | ||
... Hay | 1531 | ||
Peter Thomson | 1531 | ||
Gilbert Lindsay of Trakwan | 1534 | ||
Peter Morrison | 1552 | ||
James Purdie of Kinaldies | 1572 | ||
Patirck Bannatyne | 1588 | ||
John Blinsele | 1596 | ||
Thomas Drysdale | 1617 | ||
James Currie | 1636 | ||
John Cullen | 1661 | ||
John Balsillie | 1667 | ||
William Govan | 1676 | ||
James Still | 1701 | ||
Alexander Martin | 1725 | ||
Valentine White | 1757 | ||
William Robertson | 1776 | ||
Robert Grant | 1795 | ||
John Cook | 1811 | ||
William Goodall Bayley | 1852 | ||
Henry Wilson | 1864 | ||
Vacant | 1884–1981 | ||
John Inglis Drever "Don" Pottinger | 1981–1986 | [5] | |
Vacant | 1986–2008 | ||
Alastair Campbell of Airds
|
2008–2014 (in Extraordinary) | [6] | |
William David Hamilton Sellar | 2014–2019 (in Extraordinary) | ||
Vacant | 2019–2021 | ||
Yvonne Holton | 2021–Present | [7][8] |
See also
- Officer of Arms
- Herald
- Court of the Lord Lyon
- Heraldry Society of Scotland
References
- ^ "Home Court of the Lord Lyon". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Dictionary of Period Forms". Julia Smith. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No. 20923". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 June 1981. p. 780.
- ^ "No. 26645". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2009. p. 2905.
- ^ "New Appointments at the Lyon Court". New Appointments at the Lyon Court. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "islay". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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