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Ross Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a Scottish herald of arms Extraordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The office is however held in Extraordinary after the retirement of the last holder in Ordinary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Officers of Arms in Scotland )〕 The title of the office is derived from the Earldom of Ross. The title was first used in 1475.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Dictionary of Period Forms )〕 The Ross Herald in 1687, Henry Fraser was a heraldic painter who apprenticed under George Porteous. He was responsible for genealogical research and the designing and painting of coats of arms. There is mention of him in the Gordon papers of 24 December 1716 "Account due to Henry Fraser, Ross Herald, for paintings done for funeral of George, 1st duke of Gordon: lozenge arms, mort heads, branches for the coffin, a helmet and ducal crown, etc., and other work in the Citadel of Leith." He was also mentioned by Alexander Nisbet in his book ''A System of Heraldry, Speculative & Practical'' written in 1712 but not published until 1722 in Edinburgh. "James Workman's ''Illuminated Book of Arms'', who was Herald in the reign of James VI, which book I frequently refer to... which book I had from the ingenious Mr. Henry Fraser, Ross Herald...." Mr. Fraser died 15 January 1724 and is buried b. 17 North Corner Naismith Tomb in Greyfriars Churchyard. The office was held until his death. The badge of office is ''Two lions rampant Argent armed and langued Azure supporting a baton paleways Sable, the tips Or ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.'' The office is held by Charles John Burnett, Esq. He was appointed to this post in Ordinary in 29 December 1988:; and then in Extraordinary on the 4 January 2011. ==Office bearers== * 1540 - 1555: Sir Robert Forman of Luthrie〔(John H. Stevenson's Heraldry in Scotland (1914), vol ii, p 445 )〕 * 1556 - 1560: Alexander Ross, (b.1512)〔''Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, no.9'' (1958), p.112: ''Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland'', vol.10 (1913), p.315〕 * 1561 to 1567: Sir William Stewart, who also translated texts for the Church of Scotland.〔(John H. Stevenson, ''Heraldry in Scotland'' (1914) ), vol ii, p 445-446: Donaldson, Gordon, ed., ''Accounts of the Thirds of Benefices'', SHS (1949), pp.55-6, 95, 193〕 * 1568: Patrick Davidson, promoted from Kintyre Pursuivant.〔''Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland'', vol.12 (1970),p.178〕 * 1623: James Workman * 1687 - 1724: Henry Fraser (1652-1724) * 1724 - 1746: Roderick Chalmers * 1746 - 1765: John Teulon (1698-1765)〔Court of the Lord Lyon, List of His Majesty's Officers of Arms. Ed. F. J. Grant, Scottish Record Society, 1945, p. 31. Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of Arms, The Teulon Ancestry in France, Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, vol. 21, n° 6, 1970, p. 569.〕〔http://www.londonlives.org/browse.jsp?div=LMSMPS50383PS503830068〕 * before 1907 - 1925: Andrew Ross (1849-1925) * 1988–present: Charles John Burnett (the office is used in Extraordinary since 2010, after the retirement of Burnett from the Court) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ross Herald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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