05b. Bute Pursuivant’s Badge

05b. Bute Pursuivant’s Badge

Blazon: A galley under sail sable flagged gules its sail or charged with a fess checky azure and argent. The whole ensigned with a royal coronet proper.

SOURCE, NOTES & CREDITS: Text for blazon is from John H. Gaylor for which we thank him. The image is based on the one used by Lyon Office. This badge was designed by David Sellar and Lyon Blair.

We have here the Badge of Bute Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, who is Colin Caldwell Russell appointed on 1 August 2024 and who was formerly Falkland Pursuivant Extraordinary.

The most recent previous holder of this office was David Sellar

The artwork is a rendering of John Hamilton Gaylor

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