Kirking of the Master of the Royal Company of Merchants of Edinburgh

 The Lord Lyon, accompanied by the Ceremonial and Development Officer, attended the traditional Service of Kirking at St Giles' Cathedral of the new Master of the The Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh, Mr Alan Robertson.

Claymore

  The latest edition of CLAYMORE, the journal of the Council of Scottish Clan Chiefs and Associations, is largely devoted to Scottish Heraldry and the Lyon Court.

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Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden

 We record with sadness the death of Sir Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, KT, DL, FRSE. We extend our sincere condoleces to Lady Macfarlane and her family.

Lord Macfarlane's arms were granted (Volume 78 folio 22) in 1994 before he was created a Knight of the Thistle. The blazon is:

Argent, a saltire engrailed between four roses Gules, on a chief Azure a billet bendways between in dexter two quill pens in saltire Argent and in sinister a stalk of barley with three ears conjoined at the stalk, slipped and bladed all Or.

Crest: a demi-bull Sable horned, unguled and winged Or, charged on the shoulder with a roundel gyronny of eight Or and Sable, ensigned with a cross crosslet fitchée Or.

Supporters: Two Macfarlane clansmen of the 18th century each with a single feather in hsi bonnet, a targe resting against the exterior leg and holding a sword in the exterior hand, all Proper, the said supporters being limited to his Lordship for life.