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Falkland Pursuivant

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Falkland Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/officearms.html|title=H.M. Officers of Arms, The Heraldry Society of Scotland - UK Heraldry|access-date=30 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130215823/http://heraldry-scotland.co.uk/officearms.html|archive-date=30 November 2010}}

The title was first mentioned in 1493 and it is derived from the Royal Palace of the same name located in Fife. The title is often used for a Pursuivant Extraordinary: an officer who is not part of the ordinary complement of the Court but is called to duty when needed.

The badge of office is A stag lodged reguardant Gules, gorged of a coronet of four fleur-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.{{cite journal |last1=Roads |first1=Elizabeth Ann |title=Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms |journal=The Double Tressure |issue= 20 1998 |pages=77–86}}

The office is currently held by Major Neil Cargill and immediately prior to him was held by Colin Russell,{{Cite web|title=Promotions of Officers of Arms |url=https://officeofthelordlyon.blogspot.com/2024/07/promotions-of-officers-of-arms.html|date=2024-07-10|access-date=2024-07-17|website=Court of the Lord Lyon}} who took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.{{cite news |title=Coronation order of service in full |work=BBC News |date=5 May 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |access-date=6 May 2023}}

Holders of the office

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!Arms

! style="width:40%" |Name

! style="width:40%" |Dates of tenure

! style="width:5%" |Ref{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_TEPAAACAAJ |title=Court of the Lord Lyon: List of His Majesty's Officers of Arms and Other Officials with Genealogical Notes, 1318-1945 |last=Grant |first=Sir Francis James |date=1945 |publisher=Society |language=en}}

!Alexander Guthrie

|1532

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!Lt-Col. John William Balfour Paul of Cakemuir

|1927–1939

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!Iain Moncreiffe

|1952–1953 (in Extraordinary)

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! rowspan="2" |David Hugh Montgomerie Boyle

|16–29 June 1953 (in Extraordinary)

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=17086|page=353|date=26 June 1953}}

27 June – 10 July 1955

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=17303|page=412|date=1 July 1955}}

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!Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight

|1957–1958 (in Extraordinary)

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=17507|page=327|date=31 May 1957}}

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! rowspan="2" |David Hugh Montgomerie Boyle

|15–28 October 1962 (in Extraordinary)

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=18080|page=648|date=23 October 1962}}

28 June – 11 July 1963

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=18151|page=449|date=25 June 1963}}

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!Maj. Charles John Shaw of Tordarroch

|10 June – 31 August 1966 (in Extraordinary)

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=18473|page=540|date=8 July 1966}}

!Maj. David Maitland-Titterton

|1969–1971 (in Extraordinary)

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=18792|page=543|date=22 July 1969}}

!Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton

|7–14 July 1973 (in Extraordinary)

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=19264|page=729|date=22 June 1973}}

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!Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar

|1975 (in Extraordinary)

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!Brig. Francis Henderson Coutts

|1977 (in Extraordinary)

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!Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar

|1982 (in Extraordinary)

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!Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick

|1990 (in Extraordinary)

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!Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar

|1991 (in Extraordinary)

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!Maj. Christopher Roads

|1996 (in Extraordinary)

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!Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar

|1997 (in Extraordinary)

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!George Way of Plean

|2016–2017 (in Extraordinary)

|{{London Gazette|city=e|issue=27666|page=90|date=19 January 2016}}

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!Roderick Macpherson

|2018–2021 (in Extraordinary)

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/falkland.htm |title=Falkland |website=www.courtofthelordlyon.scot |language=en |access-date=2018-11-23}}

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!Colin C. Russell

|2021–2024 (in Extraordinary)

|{{Cite web|title=New Appointments at the Lyon Court|url=http://officeofthelordlyon.blogspot.com/2021/09/new-appointments-at-lyon-court.html|access-date=2021-09-01|website=New Appointments at the Lyon Court}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/falkland.htm |title=Falkland |website=www.courtofthelordlyon.scot |access-date=2018-11-20}}

!Major Neil Kilpatrick Cargill

|2024–Present (in Extraordinary)

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See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140607053351/http://www.lyon-court.com/ The Court of the Lord Lyon]

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