Lyon addresses the Scottish Provosts' Association

At the City Chambers of Dundee on the 26th September the Lord Lyon addressed the AGM of the Scottish Provosts' Association on the topic of “Scottish Civic Heraldry and its Economic Development Usage. “ There was a lively question and answer session after the talk.

The arms of Dundee were recorded in 1932 and are blazoned:

Azure a pot of three growing lilies Argent.

Curiously, the artist in the Register omitted to paint the dragons' wings displayed and actually painted FOUR lilies. Lyon Clerk has noted on the entry that in future the painting must follow the blazon.

Here is said note:

Lyon talks on Heraldry and Freemasonry

On the 26th September the Lord Lyon gave a lecture entitled “The Relationship between Scottish Heraldry and Scottish Freemasonry from the Enlightenment to the Present Day.” It was hosted by Lodge Earl Haig No 1260 at Leven. The Master and Substitute Provincial Grand Master attended.

The coat of arms of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, recorded in 1927 is blazoned:
Parted per pale Azure and Vert in the dexter a saltire Argent and in the sinister on a chevron Or between three towers proper, a pair of compasses extended chevronwise Sable

Pre-Reformation Chivalry

The Lord Lyon, Snawdoun and Unicorn attended a lecture this evening in the Royal Scots Club on Pre-Reformation Templars, Hospitallers and Lazarites in Scotland by Rory MacLellan of St Andrews University.

After the lecture, a joint event of Order of Malta and the Venerable Order of St John, the speaker was presented with the SMOM's latest armorial.

Photographs by Liam Hackett

Kirking of the Courts

The Lord Lyon accompanied by Snawdoun Herald, Linlithgow and Falkland Pursuivants Extraordinary attended the Opening Service of the Legal Year in St Giles Cathedral yesterday.

And two hundred years ago ....

Arms were recorded for George Kinnear, umquhile Master of the Merchants Company of Edinburgh.

Curiously, the arms in quarters 2 and 3 do not match the blazon:
Quarterly: first and fourth Sable on a bend Or three martlets Vert within a bordure of the Second for Kinnear; second and third Argent on a fret of four pieces Gules as many hearts Or and in every interstice a rose of the Second barbed Vert for Gardiner.

On this Day 100 years ago

On the 20th September 1918, arms were matriculated for The Hon Sir Lancelot Douglas Carnegie GCVO, KCMG, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal.

The blazon is: Argent an eagle displayed Azure beaked and membered Gules charged on its breast with three mullets of the field for difference.

Lyon Clerk Hunter

The new Lyon Clerk, Russell Hunter, has now been in the Lyon Office for over a month.He is a solicitor and notary public, holding degrees in History and Law from Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities respectively.  Russell has worked in both private practice and in the public sector and is a part-time legal member of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland convening hearings in the Health and Education Chamber.

New Buchanan Chief

The Lord Lyon, after a full hearing of the facts has issued a judgment confirming John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan as Chief of the Name of Buchanan of that Ilk and Arnprior for aught yet seen.

Lyon at SNIY Guidon presentation

The Lord Lyon had the pleasure of attending the Presentation of the First Regimental Guidon of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry at Redford Barracks. He was delighted that the tradition of the Guidon continues to mark the Regiment's history and allegiance to the Monarch.

Lyon at the V and A

The Lord Lyon was a guest last night at the Opening Gala Dinner for the V and A Dundee. The new design museum is an iconic building with future opportunities to promote international design innovation in Scotland.

Snawdoun in the Czech Republic and Poland

Snawdoun Herald was at Wawel Castle in Krakow and enjoying the heraldry throughout the city.

Snawdoun Herald gave a paper on Scottish civic heraldry from seal to flag at an international conference on heraldry and vexillology in Cieszyn in southern Poland.

Grant of Arms

The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Christiano Arnhold-Simoes of Zurich. The letters patent were painted by Herald Painter, Yvonne Holton, and were presented to the armiger on September 7th 2018 at the Lyon Office.

Honorary Vexillologist in Tiree

Philip Tibbetts, Honorary Vexillologist to the Lyon Court, was in Tiree yesterday launching the new community flag, "Vert a sun of barley", designed by Mr Donald Cameron, winner of the design competition.