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Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scotland herald of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The office was created after 1398 when the dukedom of Rothesay was conferred on David, eldest son of King Robert III, on 28 April 1398. This was the first ducal creation ever granted in Scotland.
The Heraldic badge is Two fleurs-de-lys Gules surmounted of a three point label chequy Azure and Argent and ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.
The office is currently held by George Way of Plean, Baron of Plean.
| !... (was Carrick Pursuivant)1479 | |
| !... Banelee1507 | |
| !Robert Hart1533 | |
| !Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet1557 | John H. Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland (1914), vol ii, p 445-446. |
| !John Forman1568 | Register Privy Council Scotland, vol.1 (1879), pp.658-660, list of heralds and messengers in 1569 |
| !Florens Douglas1574 | |
| !James Borthwick1597 | |
| !William Craig1607 | |
| !John Spence of Wormiston1633 | |
| !James Ewing1661 | The Earl of Stirling's Register of Royal Letters relative to the affairs of Scotland and Nova Scotia from 1615 to 1635, vol.2 (1885), p.665. |
| !Hierome Spence of Brunstane1667 | |
| !William Glover1633 | |
| !Walter Melville1697 | |
| !David Erskine1718 | |
| !George Glass1724 | |
| !John Brodie1746 | |
| !George Brodie1753 | |
| !William Douglas1790 | |
| !Robert Dick1804 | |
| !James Lorimer of Kellyfield1822 | |
| ! Vacant1868–1879 | |
| !Sir James William Mitchell, Baronet1879–1898 | |
| !Sir Francis James Grant1898–1929 | |
| !Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod, Baronet1929–1939 | |
| !Lt-Col. Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson (Office used in Extraordinary from 1981)1939–1986 | |
| !Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet1986–2021 | |
| !Liam Devlin Esq.2021–2024 | |
| !George Way of Plean, Baron of Plean2024–Present | |
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