Tuesday, 8 March 2022

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.





Mark Dennis RIP

 Tributes have been flowing in to our dear friend and former herald, Mark Dennis (1951-2025) who died suddenly on Friday and whose artistry ...