Flowering of Scottish Heraldry

 The Lord Lyon attended an online lecture by Gordon Casely FHSS for the Heraldry Society of Scotland entitled "21st Century Scots Heraldry - how and why the flowering?"

  

CUHAGS

The Lord Lyon has been elected an Honorary Vice-President of the Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society.

Heraldry Society Lecture

 Professor Gillian Black of the School of Law at Edinburgh University gave the John Brooke-Little Lecture  by Zoom for the Heraldry Society. Her topic was Making a Difference? Heraldry, human rights, and matters of differencing. 

In the course of her talk, Professor Black referred to the practice of Arms of affection  sometimes called Arms of Patronage. An example is found in volume II of the Public Register:

These are the arms of Deas Thomson, later knighted, Accountant-General of the Navy. The third quarter is the arms of Sir Charles Middleton, later Lord Barham. The entry states:that the arms "have been granted to him the said John Deas Thomson by the special consent and approbation of his Lordship, and are assumed by him as a mark of respect and gratitude on his part for the affectionate regard shown to his mother, Katherine Deas, and distinguished patronage manifested to himself by that illustrious nobleman."

Parted per pale Or and Azure a lion rampant within a double tressure flowered and counterflowered all counterchanged of the same.

Chinese New Year

 Happy Chinese New Year.

Here are three fine Chinese-style dragons from the Lyon Register.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

 Today we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Scotland has many distinguished female scientists who are Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Here are the arms of the R.S.E. and a link to an online exhibition of some of these remarkable women.

https://www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7249-RSE-Women-in-Science-A5-Guide_Sign-off-002.pdf

Home-Schoolers look at TREES in the Register.

  Today the Lyon Office Home-schooling Project looks at TREES.

Here are the arms of George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, GCVO (5 June 1829 – 29 November 1921). Born in Banffshire, George Stephen emigrated to Canada where he became a multi-millionaire businessman and philanthropist. 

Blazon: Or on a mount in base a maple tree Proper in chief two fleurs-de-lys Azure.

https://courtofthelordlyon.scot/Trees.pdf

Home-Schoolers look at Water Creatures in the Register

 Today's topic is creatures which live in water, like dolphins, whales and fish.

From the arms of the Fishmongers of Glasgow 1929

https://courtofthelordlyon.scot/WaterCreatures.pdf

Candlemas Day

 Today is Candlemas Day.

Here are the arms of the Incorporation of Candlemakers of Edinburgh, granted in 2017 and painted by Herald Painter, Yvonne Holton.

Home-schooling materials: Birds 2

 Home-schoolers alert! In the week of RSPB's Birdwatch, today we will have a look at some more heraldic birds in the Lyon Register - these ones we would mostly class as exotic if we live in the United Kingdom.

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/Birds2.pdf

Crownbird Vol.49 fol. 64

Ranald MacDonell of Glengarry R.I.P.

 We note with sadness the death of Aeneas Ranald Euan MacDonell of Glengarry, 23rd Chief of MacDonald of Glengarry.

Home-Schooling materials: UK garden birds

 Home-schoolers alert! In the week of RSPB's Birdwatch, today and tomorrow we will have a look at some heraldic birds in the Lyon Register, http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/Birds1.pdf

Moorcock Vol. 53 fol. 99