Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Lyon at the SGS AGM

On the evening of the 17th February the Lord Lyon as Honorary President of the Scottish Genealogical Society chaired the Society’s AGM after which he gave a talk entitled “Should Robert Burns be granted a Coat of Arms”. Here once again is the lovely version painted by the quondam Ross Herald Extraordinary, Mark Dennis, based on the bard's own design.


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