General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland opened on Saturday. As well as the Officers of Arms and the Lord High Commissioner, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, the procession included the Earl of Erroll as Lord High Constable of Scotland, and the Duke of Argyll as Master of the Royal Household. The Earl of Dundee as Hereditary Royal Standard Bearer bore the lion rampant, while a representative of the Earl of Lauderdale, as Hereditary Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland, bore the saltire.

 

Before the Opening Ceremony, the Officers of Arms attended His Grace the High Commissioner in the Throne Room of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

left to right: The Lord Lyon, Rothesay, Snawdoun, Marchmont, Dingwall, Unicorn, Carrick, Linlithgow and Falkland