Grant from South Africa

The Lord Lyon received a copy of the Letters Patent from  the South African Bureau of Heraldry in Pretoria granting arms to the District Grand Lodge of KwaZula Natal which is a District of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. The grant is in a long line of grants to masonic bodies by the Lyon Court and other jurisdictions.   

Lyon at the Royal Celtic Society

The Lord Lyon attended the Royal Celtic Society lunch-time lecture by Professor Ewen Cameron of Edinburgh University on Land Reform in Scotland since 1909. The Lord Lyon and Robin Blair CVO with the Rt Hon Earl of Dalhousie were elected as Vice Presidents of the Society.

Submarine Memorial

The Annual Memorial Service was held  on the 7th September at the Submarine Memorial in Dundee Harbour with a reception in the City Chambers. It was attended by the Lord Lyon and ex-submariners from a number of countries.

Unicorn at St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral

Unicorn Pursuivant attended the ceremony this evening at St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, when the Archbishop welcomed the arrival of the mortal remains of the great saint and Doctor of the Church, St Therese of Lisieux who died in 1897.

Lyon at the V & A Dundee

The Lord Lyon attended the 1st Anniversary Celebration Dinner of the V & A Dundee on the 5th September. The Museum was opened by Their Royal Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Strathearn and has had around three quarters of a million visitors since it opened.

Chancellor of the Order of St John

The Chancellor of the Order of St John in Scotland (the Lord Lyon) presented awards to family members who have recently lost a loved one who have donated an organ. The ceremony was held in the Botanic Gardens Edinburgh with about 200 people present.

Lyon as Diocesan Chancellor

On the 1st September the Lord Lyon as Chancellor of the Diocese attended Choral Evensong in St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness to mark 150 years of worship in the Cathedral, which was founded by Bishop Robert Eden.