Tbe Bearer of the Royal Banner is one of the Great Officers of the Royal Household in Scotland

Royal Households of the United Kingdom

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In 1298 Alexander Scrymgeour was granted the office of Constable of Dundee

Dundee

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 for the service of carrying the royal banner in the army of Scotland

Scotland

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, and in 1324 Robert I

Robert I of Scotland

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 granted Alexander's son, Nicholas Scrymgeour, and his heirs the heritable office of Banner-Bearer. His descendants retained the office until the death in 1668 of John Scrymgeour, Earl of Dundee

Earl of Dundee

Earl of Dundee is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1660 for John Scrymgeour, 3rd Viscount Dudhope. At his death in 1668, Duke of Lauderdale declared that the first Earl had no heirs-male, and had the crown seize all of his lands...

, whose estates and heritable offices, deemed to have fallen to the king as ultimus haeres

Ultimus haeres

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, were regranted to Charles Maitland, later 3rd Earl of Lauderdale

Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale

Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale , was the second son of John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale ....

. In 1821 the 8th Earl

James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale

James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale KT PC was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, and a representative peer for Scotland in the House of Lords.-Early years:...

 officiated at the Coronation

Coronation of the British monarch

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 of George IV

George IV of the United Kingdom

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, but in the following year Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn carried the royal banner

Royal Standard of Scotland

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 at Holyroodhouse during the King's visit. The respective rights of the Earls of Lauderdale

Earl of Lauderdale

Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire. The second Earl was created Duke of Lauderdale but died without male issue when the dukedom became extinct. The earldom passed to his brother Charles,...

 and the Scrymgeour-Wedderburns

Earl of Dundee

Earl of Dundee is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1660 for John Scrymgeour, 3rd Viscount Dudhope. At his death in 1668, Duke of Lauderdale declared that the first Earl had no heirs-male, and had the crown seize all of his lands...

, as representatives of the Scrymgeours, remained unresolved until 1902 when the Court of Claims

Court of Claims

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 found in favour of Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn. Henry's son

Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee

Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn of Wedderburn and Birkhill , 11th Earl of Dundee was a Scottish nobleman and politician....

 proved his claim as heir to the Viscountcy of Dudhope in 1952 and the Earldom of Dundee in 1953.

The Earl of Lauderdale

Earl of Lauderdale

Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire. The second Earl was created Duke of Lauderdale but died without male issue when the dukedom became extinct. The earldom passed to his brother Charles,...

 holds the separate office of Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland

Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland

The Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland is one of the Great Officers in the Royal Household of Scotland.By charter of novodamus of 1676, later ratified by the Parliament of Scotland, Charles II granted Charles Maitland "the office of bearing our insignia within our said realm of Scotland"...

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