Marchmont Herald
The Court of the Lord Lyon
Scotland’s Heraldic Authority
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Marchmont is named after a royal castle
- more commonly known as Roxburgh
Castle. and may have been created to
mark the accession of James II of
Scots. The King was killed by an
exploding artillery piece in 1460 when
his army was besieging Marchmont, or
Roxburgh, castle. The office of
Marchmont Herald is first mentioned in
1438. The badge was designed by Sir
Thomas Innes of Learney.
Adam Bruce was appointed Marchmont Herald in 2012, and
previously served as Unicorn Pursuivant from 2008. Mr Bruce is a
Writer to the Signet, having qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and
worked in private practice until 2006, when he moved to the
renewable energy sector. He currently holds senior advisory roles
in the global renewable energy industry. Adam Bruce is a Board
Member of The Crown Estate Scotland and the St Andrews Fund
for Heraldry. He was a Trustee of the National Museums of
Scotland from 2017 to 2024, is a Commander of the Venerable
Order of St John and holds the Diamond and Platinum Jubilee
Medals as well as the Coronation Medal.
The Hon. Adam Bruce CStJ WS
Armorial Bearings of the Hon. Adam Bruce WS CStJ
HM Marchmont Herald
Or, a saltire and chief Gules, on a canton Argent a lion rampant Azure
armed and langued of the Second, all within a bordure of the First. Above
the shield is placed an Helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Gules
doubled Or, and on a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a lion statant
quardant tail extended Azure armed and langued Gules, and in an Escrol
over the same this Motto: “ADSUMUS”. Mr Bruce’s Arms, which were
matriculated by him in 1987, are a cadet version of the chiefly Arms of the
Name of Bruce, with a gold border for a second son using the Stoddart
system. The undifferenced arms belong to the Chief of the Name, the Earl
of Elgin, Mr Bruce’s father.
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Marchmont Heralds since 1501
1459 Anon 1472 John Murray 1494 Sir William Cumming of Inverallochy 1515 John Meldrum 1562 Adam McCulloch 1572 Gilbert Guthrie 1588 Gilbert Guthrie jnr. 1597 James Workman 1622 James Cunningham 1630 Alexander Guthrie 1630 James Esplin 1661 James Tailefer 1674 George Porteous of Craiglockhart 1698 Michael Baillie 1704 Alexander Drummond 1729 James Brodie 1760 Robert Donaldson
1764 Robert Dods of Muircleugh
1775 George Douglas of Torquhine
1796 Archibald Campbell
1801 Thomas Small
1830 Alexander McCulloch Anderson
1836 William Anderson
1884 John Grant
1885 Andrew Munro Ross
1925 John Horne Stevenson
1939 Lt-Col. John William Balfour Paul of Cakemuir
1957 James Monteith Grant
1969 Thomas Innes of Learney
1971 Malcolm Innes of Edingight
1981 Sir James Monteith Grant
1982 Maj. David Maitland Maitland-Titterton
2012 The Hon. Adam Bruce CStJ WS
