International Woman's Day

 The Lyon Office marks International Women's Day with a series of tweets of arms of women.

The Duchess of Buccleuch in her own right, matriculated arms with crest, motto and supporters 1686

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Posthumous matriculation of arms for the Countess of Middleton - her father's arms as Durhame of Largo to be impaled with those of her husband. Lady Middleton was an ancestress of the Queen.  

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Mrs Frances Gordon in 1846 (vol 4 fol 92) was allowed the increasingly usual lozenge. 

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Lady Mary Christopher-Nisbet-Hamilton (vol 5 fol 78) was allowed a shield and supporters but curiously no crest in 1855. The blazon states that the supporters are for "the special circumstances of the case."

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The two Miss Bairds - Jane and Charlotte, 1887

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Grace Stewart of 1927

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                                      Helena Stewart-Mackenzie of Seaforth in 1944 was allowed the undifferenced arms of her granduncle, Lord Seaforth of Brahan.

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Finally, once again we show the arms of Mrs Katherine Liston, granted the open helm affronty as a Dame of the Venerable Order of St John, as well as the cross of the Order, motto, crest and shield, in 2021.