We hear with great sadness of the death of Charles Burnett, an Officer of Arms for over forty years, most recently as Ross Herald. A man of enormous erudition, Charles was a great apostle of heraldry. We send our deepest condolences to his family. May his dear soul rest in peace.
Dr David M. Bertie FHSS was presented with a hand embosser of his arms by Lord Lyon today in grateful thanks for his endeavours in cataloguing the Lyon Office seal collection over the past 4 years.
Some 12,000 seals (including some interesting subsidiary finds) have been identified, categorised and indexed to make them accessible to all visitors along with a retrieval system to ensure their continuing integrity.
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On the 9th February the Lord Lyon visited Clydeview Academy, Gourock to present the Head Girl, Ailsa Russell, with her Coronation Medal for the part she played in the Royal Honours of Scotland Service last July.
On the 22nd February at Edinburgh Napier University the Lord Lyon presented Lochlan Sweaton with the Coronation Medal for his part in escorting the Scottish Crown at the Royal Honours Service. Prof Nolan the Principal and Lochlan's parents were in attendance.
The superb heraldic artist, Andrew Jamieson, was commissioned by the St Andrews Fund for Scottish Heraldry in 2006 to paint, on vellum, the ancient Royal Arms of Scotland, to be shown at the 27th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences at St Andrews in that year.
Andy has now presented the painting to the Lyon Office where it will soon hang on the wall, a glorious art-work
The Lord Lyon has matriculated the arms for use in Scotland of Christopher Desmond WIlliam McCorkell. The arms were first granted by the College of Arms. The artist was Yvonne Holton, Islay Herald.
As always, personal details are hidden.
Incorporation of Gardeners in Glasgow
Warmest 100th birthday greetings to the Earl of Elgin & Kincardine KT - longest-serving non-royal Knight of the Thistle and page of honour to the late Queen Mother at her installation as first Lady of the Thistle in 1937.
A number of the Incorporated Trades of Glasgow will mark the Centenary this year of their grants of arms.
Ian Hervey Stuart Black
Argent a saltire Sable between two escallops one in chief and one in base and two crescents in the flanks Gules. on a chief engrailed of the second three trefoils slipped of the first.
February 9th 1924 Volume 26 folio 24
Tributes have been flowing in to our dear friend and former herald, Mark Dennis (1951-2025) who died suddenly on Friday and whose artistry ...
