Unicorn Pursuivant

Unicorn Pursuivant

Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish officer of arms. The title was created after 1381, and derived from the unicorn. These beasts were used as supporters for the royal arms of Scotland, and as a royal badge. The badge of office for Unicorn Pursuivant is "A Unicorn couchant Argent gorged of a Coronet of four Fleurs-de-lis and four Crosses paty proper."

The current Unicorn Pursuivant is Alastair Lorne Campbell of Airds.

Office bearers

*1860-? Stuart Moodie Livingstone (d.1902)
*1902-1925 John Horne Stevenson
*1935-1929 Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, 2nd Baronet
*1929-1939 Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson
*1939-1953 Gordon Dalyell of the Binns
*1955-1961 Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk
* 1961-1981 Don Pottinger
* 1981-1986 Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw
* 1986- Alastair Campbell of Airds

ee also

*Officer of Arms
*The Heraldry Society of Scotland

External links

* [http://www.lyon-court.com/ The Court of the Lord Lyon]


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