Unicorn Pursuivant

Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.^[1]

Unicorn Pursuivant

The heraldic badge of Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms
Heraldic tradition	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Governing body	Court of the Lord Lyon

The title was created after 1381, and derived from the unicorn. One of these beasts is used as a supporter for the royal arms of Scotland, and as a royal badge.

The badge of office is A unicorn couchant Argent, horned, unguled, maned and tufted Or gorged of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.^[2]

The office is currently held by Roderick Alexander Macpherson. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.^[3]

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref[4]
	John Fraser	1426
	Adam Wallace of Craigie	1467
	William Niven	1500
	Thomas Pettigrew of Magdalensyde	1507
	John Balfour	1528
	Robert Hart	1543
	William Hardy	1554
	Alexander McCulloch	1560
	Peter Ramsay	1567
	Thomas Barrye	1570
	Robert Fraser	1585
	John Ramsay	1599
	James Fuirde	1617
	John Borthwick	1619
	Thomas Fuirde	1633
	George Wight	1635
	Andrew Littlejohn	1636
	Andrew Aitchinson	1646
	William Malcolm	1660
	William Hume	1683
	Sir William Erskine of Cambo, Baronet	1707
	James Kirkwood	1715
	Charles Gordon	1719
	William Boyd	1741
	James Strachan	1760
	Thomas Husband	1764
	William Douglas	1764
	Robert Grant	1790
	David Anderson	1796
	David Taylor	1806
	James Cook	1825
	James Sinclair	1845–1859
	Andrew Gillman	1859–1860
	Stuart Moodie Livingstone	1860–1902
	John Horne Stevenson	1902–1925
	Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, Baronet	1925–1929
	Lt-Col. Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson	1929–1939
	Lt-Col. Gordon Dalyell of the Binns	1939–1953
	Vacant	1953–1955
	Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Baronet	1955–1961	[5]
	John Inglis Drever "Don" Pottinger	1961–1981	[6]
	Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet	1981–1986	[7]
	Alastair Campbell of Airds	1986–2008	[8]
	The Hon. Adam Bruce	2008–2012	[9]
	Reginald John Malden	2012–2015	[10]
	Liam Devlin	2016–2021	[11][12]
	Roderick Alexander Macpherson	2021–Present	[13][14]

See also

• Officer of Arms
• Pursuivant
• Court of the Lord Lyon
• Heraldry Society of Scotland