John Horne Stevenson
John Horne Stevenson KC 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
- The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland under the Commonwealth A.D. 1652-1659
- The Ruthven of Freeland peerage and its critics
- Heraldry in Scotland
- The Scottish antiquary: or, Northern notes & queries
- ''The story of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: 91st & 93d Foot''