Carrick Pursuivant
The Court of the Lord Lyon
Scotland’s Heraldic Authority
George Way of Plean
Armorial Bearings of George Way of Plean
Carrick Pursuivant
Quarterly 1st and 4th Azure three luces haurient Argent in chief and an
anchor with the crossbar supporting a pair of balances Or in base
(for Way of Plean); 2nd Grand-quarterly the Arms of Romilly Squire
3rd per fess enarched Gules and Or, in chief two Chinese lotus flowers
Argent and in base an open crown of the First (for Gauld).
The title of this pursuivancy is derived
from that of the Earldom of Carrick,
held by Robert the Bruce before his
accession. The badge was designed by
Sir Thomas Innes of Learney.
A litigation lawyer in private practice since 1980, George Way of Plean
was appointed Sheriff of Dundee in 2009. He holds the Queen’s Golden
and Platinum Jubilee medals and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He was educated at the
Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. He is a Commander of the Most
Venerable Order of St John and in July 2021 was appointed the
Genealogist of the Scottish Priory. He sits on the Scottish Civil Justice
Council and is a Past President of the Society of Solicitors in the
Supreme Courts. From 1985 – 2003 he was Secretary to the Standing
Council of Scottish Chiefs, retiring to take up the post of Procurator
Fiscal to the Lyon Court which he held until 2009. He was appointed
Falkland Pursuivant Extraordinary and in 2017, Carrick Pursuivant in
Ordinary. His published works include the Scottish Clan and Family
Encyclopaedia (3Rd Edition 2017) and Homelands of the Clans.
Carrick Pursuivants since 1364
1364 John Trupour
1478 Anon.
1526 James Anderson
1531 James Wallace
1538 John Paterson
1557 Alexander Forrester
1582 Robert Campbell
1617 James Cunningham
1622 Alexander Neilson
1633 John Spence of Brunstane
1633 Gideon Weir
1637 John Sawers
1661 Thomas Allan
1672 Willian Glover
1672 Robert Glover
1678 John Young
1679 Patrick Wilson
1699 Harry Armstrong
1706 Robert Brown
1747 George Brodie
1753 William Douglas
1771 Malcolm Grant
1790 John Grieve
1818 John Young
1827 James Gillon
1833 William Anderson
1836 William Dunnett
1855 Henry Wilson
1864 Archibald Thornburn
1879 Sir James William Mitchell, Bart.
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1879 John Spence
1883 John Grant
1884 William Macfarlane Wylie
1886 Sir Francis James Grant
1898 William Rae Macdonald
1907 Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell, Bart
1926 Sir Thomas Innes of Learney
1935 Sir Alexander Hay Seton, Bart.
1939 Alexander James Stevenson
1946 Sir James Monteith Grant
1958 Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight
1972 David John Wilson Reid of Robertland
1974 John Alexander Spens
1992 Elizabeth Ann Roads
2017 Sheriff George Way of Plean
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