Dr Beverly Bergman OBE

 The Lord Lyon and Officers of arms warmly congratulate armiger Dr Beverly Bergman on the award of an OBE in the New Year Honours List.

Happy Christmas

The Lord Lyon, Lyon Clerk, Officers of Arms, Artists and Staff of the Court of the Lord Lyon wish everyone a serene and peaceful Christmas. 

New Grant of Arms

 The Lord Lyon has granted arms and a pennon to Glenn Andrew Irvine.

Arms: Argent on a bend engrailed Gules between two bunches of three holly leaves Vert, banded Gules, a mullet Argent between two Stafford knots Or.

Crest: Upon a chaplet of poinsettia and holly leaves two awls in saltire surmounted of a short spear palewise all Proper. The artist is Clare McCrory

Venerable Order of St John

  James Bingham KStJ, Director of Ceremonies to the Priory of Scotland of the Venerable Order of St John, has produced a very interesting new book on the stallplates of the Order displayed in the Chapter Room of the Order in Edinburgh.

The book includes full colour photographs of all the existing coats of arms of the Knights and Dames of the Order of St John in Scotland.

In his introduction to the book, Prior Mark Strudwick KStJ says: “This fascinating book shows very clearly the people - and often the families too - who have supported the work of our Order down more than three quarters of a century.

“Until now, the heraldry of our Chapter Room has been an untold story. I am most grateful to Jim Bingham, our Director of Ceremonies, for all his work in preparation of this informative and well-illustrated book.”

The book is priced £9.95 + postage and can be ordered online by clicking the link below.

https://stjohnscotland.bigcartel.com/

 On the 7th December the Lord Lyon gave a lecture to the Helensburgh and District University of the Third Age. The lecture was entitled “Where has Scottish Heraldry Gone? And it was followed by a lively question and answer session.

The arms of the Helensburgh Community Council.

Lyon addresses the Scottish North American Community Conference

 Today the Lord Lyon addressed the  Scottish North American Community Conference which was held from 4-6^th December. His topic was “ An Update for the Court of the Lord Lyon.” 

The conference was presented online from New York City by the American-Scottish Foundation which recorded arms in 1969 (Volume 50 folio 56):

Lectures by Snawdoun Herald

This morning, Elizabeth Roads LVO FSA, Snawdoun Herald and Secretary to the Order of the Thistle gave a lecture to the members of the Royal Scots Club on "The Order and Chapel of the Thistle" via zoom.

This afternoon, Snawdoun gave the Annual St Andrew's Day Lecture of the Heraldry Society of Scotland, of which she is a Vice-President and Fellow to a large international audience via Zoom. Her topic was "The Voice of the Sovereign" and discussed the wider historical role of heralds in the worlds of diplomacy and ceremonial.

The second slide shows the Officers of Arms unusually in Glasgow on April 24th 1930. The occasion was the dedication of the new Mercat Cross designed by Edith Burnet Hughes. 

The Officers from left to right are: Lyon Francis Grant, John Horne Stevenson (Marchmont), Sir Wolseley Haig (Albany), Sir John MacLeod of Fuinary (Rothesay), Thomas Innes of Learney  (Carrick), John Paul of Cakemuir (Falkland), and Harold Lawson (Unicorn).

Lyon addresses the Society of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers

 The Lord Lyon as Honorary President addressed the AGM on the 5th December of the Society of Messengers-at -Arms and Sheriff Officers(SMASO). The Society has close links to the Court of the Lord Lyon with the Lyon Macer being a member while Roderick Macpherson, SMASO Honorary Secretary, is Falkland Pursuivant Extraordinary. The latter gave the eulogy for Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, who was the Honorary Vice-President and, when Lyon, the Honorary President of the Society.

Lecture by Secretary of the Order of the Thistle

 Elizabeth Roads LVO FSA, Snawdoun Herald and Secretary of the Order of the Thistle, gave a talk via Zoom to members of the Royal Scots Club on Saturday 5th December at 11am on The Order and Chapel of the Thistle.

New Grant of Arms

 The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Peter Murray. Painted by Yvonne Holton, Herald Painter and Dingwall Pursuivant, the blazon is Azure, a chevron Argent, in chief a Maltese cross between two mullets Argent, in base an open book Proper binding Or.

New Grant of Arms

 The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Philip Tibbetts, Honorary Vexillologist to the Lyon Court. Painted by Yvonne Holton, Herald Painter and Dingwall Pursuivant, the blazon is Sable, a chain in two gorges conjoined in the centre Argent.

Lyon Appointed Squadron Colonel

 The Lord Lyon has been appointed Squadron Colonel of the 32^nd Signal Regiment, 2^nd (City of Dundee) Signal Squadron. The Squadron Colonel plays a role in the continuity and consistency of the Royal Signal Unit in Dundee. The role is to promote the local Signal Squadron within the local community and within the broader civic life of Scotland.