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Duncan Dundas of Newliston
Newliston is a country house near Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located south-west of Kirkliston, and west of the city centre. The house, designed by Robert Adam in the late 18th century, is a category A listed building. The 18th-century gardens, ...
was Lord Lyon King of Arms
The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grant ...
of Scotland from 1450 until 1490. The second son of James Dundas of that Ilk, Duncan was much noted in his time and was frequently employed in embassies to England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. He is said to have discharged his duty in those negotiations "with integrity and honour". He acquired the feudal barony
A feudal baron is a vassal holding a heritable fief called a ''barony'', comprising a specific portion of land, granted by an overlord in return for allegiance and service. Following the end of European feudalism, feudal baronies have largely been ...
of Newliston
Newliston is a country house near Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located south-west of Kirkliston, and west of the city centre. The house, designed by Robert Adam in the late 18th century, is a category A listed building. The 18th-century gardens, ...
, and founded a branch of the Dundas family there, the Dundases of Newliston.
Duncan's arms were the arms of his father (Argent, a Lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure), with the addition of a crescent in the dexter-chief corner, as the mark of a second son.
Arms
References
* Burke, John, ''History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'', vol.1, London, 1833, p. 643. 15th-century births Scottish diplomats Lord Lyon Kings of Arms Year of death unknown {{heraldry-stub