Kintyre Pursuivant
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Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms is a Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The heraldic badge of Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms | |
| Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Governing body | Court of the Lord Lyon |
The Kintyre Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms in the service of the Lord of the Isles, but along with Dingwall Pursuivant, Ross Herald, and Islay Herald became an officer of arms to the Scottish Crown when the last Lord of the Isles forfeited his estates and titles to James IV of Scotland in 1493.
The badge of office is Two dolphins hauriant addorsed Azure enfiled of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.[1]
John Charles Grossmith George held the office of Kintyre Pursuivant from 1986 to 2000, before his retirement and subsequent appointment as Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary. Thereafter it remained vacant until 1 October 2025, when Susan Flintoff VR was appointed.[2]
Holders of the office
| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Loutfoot | 1494 | ||
| Sir John Pettigrew | 1536 | ||
| John Forsyth | 1548 | ||
| Patrick Davidson | 1557 | [4] | |
| James Purdie of Kinaldies | 1569 | [5][6] | |
| William Rankeillour | 1595 | ||
| Walter Ritchie | 1616 | ||
| John Ritchie | 1632 | ||
| William Stewart | 1633 | ||
| George Stewart | 1641 | ||
| George Gordon | 1661 | ||
| John Dale (or Daill) | 1668 | ||
| Alexander Barbour | 1684 | ||
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John Skene | 1706 | |
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Sir John Erskine of Cambo, Baronet | 1707 | |
| Alexander Green | 1714 | ||
| John Masson | 1715 | ||
| James Clarkson | 1724 | ||
| Thomas Nicolson | 1761 | ||
| James Geddes | 1785 | ||
| Robert Hamilton | 1821 | ||
| William Robert Montignani | 1859 | ||
| John Jeffers Wilson | 1860 | ||
| Hugh Gray Tibbetts | 1866 | ||
| Vacant | 1869–1953 | ||
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Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk | 1953–1955 | [7] |
| Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle | 1955–1971 | [8][9] | |
| Vacant | 1971–1986 | ||
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John Charles Grossmith George | 1986–2000 | [10] |
| Vacant | 2000–2025 | ||
| Susan Flintoff | 2025 - Present | ||
