Dingwall Pursuivant
# Dingwall Pursuivant

Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.

Dingwall Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms in the service of the Lord of the Isles, but along with Kintyre Pursuivant, Ross Herald, and Islay Herald became an officer of arms to the Scottish Crown when the Lord of the Isles forfeited his estates and titles to James IV of Scotland in 1493.

The badge of office is A mullet within an annulet rayonnee Or and enfiled in chief of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.

The office is currently vacant.

## Holders of the office

| Name | Date of appointment |
| - | - |
| James Aikman | 1460 |
| David Blyth | 1580 |
| David Spens | 1545 |
| Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet | 1545 |
| John Brown | 1565 |
| William Henderson | 1566 |
| John Purdy | 1590 |
| Daniel Graham | 1596 |
| John Yellowlees | 1603 |
| Gilbert Hunter | 1617 |
| Alexander Murray | 1661 |
| Robert Knox | 1668 |
| James Dunbar | 1675 |
| James Guthrie | 1682 |
| David Auchmouty of Drummeldrie | 1712 |
| William Gray | 1718 |
| Hugh Spark | 1747 |
| William Gordon of Craig and Holm | 1761 |
| James Mitchell | 1774 |
| Robert Thomson | 1795 |
| David Alexander | 1823 |
| Alexander MacCulloch Anderson | 1828 |
| John Neill | 1830 |
| Samuel Bough | 1864–1878 |
| Vacant | 1878–1939 |
| Major Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig | 1939–1953 |
| Vacant | 1953–1983 |
| Charles John Burnett | 1983–1988 |
| Vacant | 1988–2011 |
| Yvonne Holton | 2011–2021 |
| Vacant | 2021–Present |
