David Maitland Maitland-Titterton (1904 – 1988) was a Scottish

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

officer and

officer of arms An officer of arms is a person appointed by a sovereign or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions: * to control and initiate armorial matters; * to arrange and participate in ceremonies of state; * to conserve ...

. Maitland-Titterton was a commissioned officer in the

Ayrshire Yeomanry The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was a Regiment of the British Yeomanry and is now an armoured Squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY), part of the British Army Reserve. It is the Lowlands of Scotland's only Royal ...

and retired with the honorary rank of major in 1964. He was an officer of arms in the

Court of the Lord Lyon The Court of the Lord Lyon, or Lyon Court, is a standing court of law, based in New Register House in Edinburgh, which regulates heraldry in Scotland. The Lyon Court maintains the register of grants of arms, known as the Public Register of All ...

, serving as

Falkland Pursuivant Falkland Pursuivant of Arms is a Scotland, Scottish pursuivant, pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The title was first mentioned in 1493 and it is derived from Falkland Palace, the Royal Palace of the same name located in Fife. The ...

from 1969 to 1971,

Ormond Pursuivant Ormond Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (also spelt Ormonde) is a current Scotland, Scottish Officer of Arms, pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The office was probably instituted around the same time as the creation of J ...

from 1971 to 1982 and Marchmont Herald between 1982 and his death in 1988.The Court of the Lord Lyon: Falkland Pursuivant Extraordinary
Retrieved 26 November 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maitland-Titterton, David Maitland 1904 births 1988 deaths Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry officers Scottish officers of arms