John Horne Stevenson

John Horne Stevenson KC (1855 – 1939) was a Scottish lawyer, officer of arms and author.

Stevenson was the son of Reverend R. H. Stevenson and Frances Cadell. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh.

A member of the Faculty of Advocates, he worked in the Court of the Lord Lyon and was appointed a King's Counsel in 1919. Stevenson was Unicorn Pursuivant between 1902 and 1925 and Marchmont Herald from 1925 until his death in 1939. He was a member of the Royal Company of Archers and a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John. He authored several books on the subjects of Scottish heraldry, title law and genealogy. He was a member of the Conservative Club, Edinburgh.

Works

The arms of the baronial and police burghs of Scotland (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1903) The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland under the Commonwealth A.D. 1652-1659 (1904) The Ruthven of Freeland peerage and its critics (Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1905) Heraldry in Scotland (Glasgow: J. Maclehose and sons, 1914) The Scottish antiquary: or, Northern notes & queries (Edinburgh: W. Green and Sons) The story of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: 91st & 93d Foot (Glasgow: J. MacLehose, 1915)