New Grant of Arms

  The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Major Paul Rorie TD. The artist was Gayle Page.

Blazon: Or a chevron Gules in chief two hands Proper each holding a cross crosslet fitche Azure and in base a bear rampant Sable langued Gules.

Rothesay Herald granted extension

  The Lord Lyon has been pleased today to vary His Commission appointing George Way of Plean as Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary, extending the appointment by two years until George Way of Plean attains the age of seventy-two years in May 2028.

Supreme Court in Glasgow

  This evening,  the Lord Lyon was the guest of the Lord Provost of Glasgow at a dinner held in the City Chambers to mark the occasion of The UK Supreme Court sessions in Glasgow. The emblem of the Supreme Court was designed by Yvonne Holton when Herald Painter to the Lyon Court.

General Assembly Service 2026

 The Lord Lyon and Officers of Arms were in attendance on Her Grace the Lord High Commissioner this morning at the General Assembly Service at St Giles.

Lord High Commissioner's Concert

  On the 15th May, the Lord Lyon attended a piano recital by Ethan Loch hosted by Her Grace the Lord High Commissioner at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Chocolate Chip Day

 Radio 3 tells me today is National Chocolate Chip Day for which we offer the arms of John Stewart Birrell, granted in 1922, proprietor of a much-loved Glasgow confectioners.

It is said that the shops were so quiet you could hear a pan drop.

Blazon: Per chevron Or and Azure three roundels chequy two and one those in chief of the Second and Argent that in base of the Last and of the Second.

Ceremony of the Keys

 The Lord Lyon, with Marchmont Herald and Bute Pursuivant, was on duty today for the Ceremony of the Keys with Her Grace the Lord High Commissioner Lady Elish Angiolini LT, DBE, KC.

Kirking of the Parliament

  The Lord Lyon attended the Kirking of the Scottish Parliament in the presence of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Many of the parliamentarians old and new were in attendance.

Rothesay at the Annual William Souter Poetry Lecture

  Rothesay Herald was a guest at the annual William Souter Poetry Lecture in the neo-classical hall of Masonic Lodge Scone and Perth no3. The Matriculation of the Lodge Arms hangs in the Hall and the wall painting depicts the foundation of Scone Abbey by King Alexander I in 1175 AD.

Tartan Day

 The Lord Lyon led the Officers of Arms in the Tartan Day Procession in Edinburgh today.

Visit of theJapanese Consul

  The Lord Lyon was delighted to welcome Consul General of Japan in Edinburgh, Katsutoshi Takeda & Deputy Consul General, Ms Minori Ishii to the Lyon Office for a visit and tour.

Lyon Clerk showed them the page displaying the Royal Arms in the Public Register painted by Herald Painter, Clare McCrory, and signed by the late Queen in 2022.

100th Kate Kennedy Procession

  Rothesay Herald attended the 100th Kate Kennedy Procession today - where the outstanding contribution of the late Mark Dennis CStJ sometime Ross Herald Extraordinary to the heraldic art and costumes of the event was recognised.

Culloden

  The indefatigable Kevn Greig (far left in the photograph) of the Lyon Office attended the annual Remembrance gathering at Culloden today. What a splendid display of flags.