Ross Herald

Ross Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a Scottish herald of arms Extraordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The office is however held in Extraordinary after the retirement of the last holder in Ordinary.[1]

Ross Herald
The heraldic badge of Ross Herald of Arms
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionScotland
Governing bodyCourt of the Lord Lyon

The title of the office is derived from the Earldom of Ross. The title was first used in 1475.[2]

The Ross Herald in 1687, Henry Fraser was a heraldic painter who apprenticed under George Porteous. He was responsible for genealogical research and the designing and painting of coats of arms. There is mention of him in the Gordon papers of 24 December 1716 "Account due to Henry Fraser, Ross Herald, for paintings done for funeral of George, 1st duke of Gordon: lozenge arms, mort heads, branches for the coffin, a helmet and ducal crown, etc., and other work in the Citadel of Leith." He was also mentioned by Alexander Nisbet in his book A System of Heraldry, Speculative & Practical written in 1712 but not published until 1722 in Edinburgh. "James Workman's Illuminated Book of Arms, who was Herald in the reign of James VI, which book I frequently refer to... which book I had from the ingenious Mr. Henry Fraser, Ross Herald...." Mr. Fraser died 15 January 1724 and is buried b. 17 North Corner Naismith Tomb in Greyfriars Churchyard. The office was held until his death.

The badge of office is Two lions rampant Argent armed and langued Azure supporting a baton paleways Sable, the tips Or ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.[3]

The office is currently vacant.

Holders of the office
Arms Name Date of appointment Ref[4]
... (Diligens) 1476
John Dickson 1517
Sir Robert Forman of Luthrie 1540 [5]
Robert Hart 1546
Alexander Ross 1558 [6]
Sir William Stewart 1565 [7]
Patrick Davidson 1567 [8]
John Purdy 1593
Andrew Littlejohn 1596
Adam Matheson 1599
Thomas Williamson of Mylnehill 1616
Thomas Hunter 1625
John Malcolm 1630
Andrew Littlejohn 1646
Joseph Stacey 1663
Henry Fraser 1687
Roderick Chalmers 1724
John Toulon (or Teulon) 1746 [9][10]
Thomas Husband 1756
Patric Bennet of Whiteside 1816
David Taylor 1825
George Goldie 1836
Andrew Gilman 1860
Vacant 1879–1901
Andrew Monro Ross 1901–1925
Vacant 1925–1988
Charles John Burnett
(Office used in Extraordinary from 2011)		 1988–2015 [11][12]
Vacant 2015–2017
Mark D. Dennis
(Office used in Extraordinary)		 2017–2020 [13]
Vacant 2020–present

See also

References
  1. "The Officers of Arms in Scotland". The Court of the Lord Lyon. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Dictionary of Period Forms". Julia Smith. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  4. 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.
  5. John H. Stevenson's Heraldry in Scotland (1914), vol ii, p 445
  6. Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, no.9 (1958), p.112: Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol.10 (1913), p.315
  7. John H. Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland (1914), vol ii, p 445-446: Donaldson, Gordon, ed., Accounts of the Thirds of Benefices, SHS (1949), pp.55-6, 95, 193
  8. Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol.12 (1970),p.178
  9. Court of the Lord Lyon, List of His Majesty's Officers of Arms. Ed. F. J. Grant, Scottish Record Society, 1945, p. 31. Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of Arms, The Teulon Ancestry in France, Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, vol. 21, n° 6, 1970, p. 569.
  10. "Browse - London Lives".
  11. "No. 22483". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 January 1989. p. 25.
  12. "No. 26893". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 January 2011. p. 107.
  13. Author (5 December 2017). "Heraldry Society of Scotland - Membership Secretary's Blog: Head Court in Dundee". Heraldry Society of Scotland - Membership Secretary's Blog. Retrieved 23 November 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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