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).