Swearing-in of Kintyre Pursuivant Extraordinary

 This evening, the Lord Lyon held a Head Court in Court One of the Court of Session during which he administered the oath of office to Susan Flintoff VR, Kintyre Pursuivant Extraordinary.

Portrait of Rothesay Herald

 A portrait depicting Rothesay Herald, Sheriff George Way of Plean CStJ was unveiled today at Edinburgh's New Club. The painter was Mark Dennis, Advocate, Armorist, former Ross Herald Extraordinary and the designer and creator of the Elizabeth Sword.

The frame is ensigned with a small shield of Plean's coat of arms, painted by Nina Macpherson. The second quarter cotains the arms of the late Romilly Squire, granted to Plean as arms of affection.

Mull of Kintyre

 Kintyre Pursuivant Extraordinary, Susan Flintoff VR was presented by Mark Dennis with a Scottish snuff mull engraved by Dario Batzella bearing her badge of office as Kintyre - thus creating a mull of Kintyre, the last having been created some 425 million years ago.

Lyon in New York

 The 70th Annual Dinner of the American-Scottish Foundation was held in the University Club, New York. The Lord Lyon was presented with the 2025 Wallace Award for promoting Scottish/American relations. Guest of Honour was the Foundation's Patron The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.

Lyon made an FRSE

 At the Annual Statutory meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the President Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli inducted new Fellows and witnessed them signing the Roll Book. The Lord Lyon was one of the new Fellows.

Glasgow 1938

 Glasgow School of Art lecturer Miss G. Goldie Kitten at work on Shields of Towns and Masonic & Clan Societies, April 1938. 

The full caption from 1938 reads: "Miss G. Goldie Kitten of Woodside Terrace, lecturer in Heraldry at the Glasgow School of Art, at work on Shields of Towns and Masonic & Clan Societies, to be displayed in the Scottish Pavilion of the Empire Exhibition"

Bishops Conference of Scotland

  The Lord Lyon has granted arms to the Bishops Conference of Scotland, chaired by Bishop John Keenan of Paisley. Lyon presented the letters patent to Most Reverend Leo Cushley, Metropolitan Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The artist is Clare McCrory, Herald Painter.

Azure on a saltire Argent two bishops' croziers in saltire Gules and in chief a martlet Or all within a tressure Gules. Behind the shield is set a Celtic bishop's cross Or.

New Chief of Clan Ewing

 Tonight the Lord Lyon accompanied by Rothesay Herald attended the inauguration of Thor Ewing as Chief of the Name and Arms of Ewing at historic Riddles Court on the Royal Mile of Edinburgh.

Distinguished Fellowship for Lyon

 The Lord Lyon has been elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Heraldry.

Royal Scottish Highland Games Association

 The Lord Lyon has granted arms to the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association and presented the letters patent to the Chairman at the AGM in the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on October 26th 2025. The artist was the Herald Painter, Clare McCrory, and the blazon is: Azure a saltire double parted and fretted Argent over all a wreath of thistles Or. 

New Grant of Arms

The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Euan Fraser MacPherson. The artist was Gayle Page and the blazon is:

 Azure a lymphad Or sails furled oars in action and flag and pennon flying Gules, on a chief embattled Or a hand fessways couped grasping a dagger point upwards on the dexter and on the sinister a Cross of Lorraine all Gules.

Lyon presented Mr MacPherson with the ketters patent in Perth on 26th October 2025.

HM visits the Beda

 King Charles visited the Beda College in Rome and planted an orange tree, or at least watered it. 

The coat of arms of the Beda consists of the coats of arms of three Popes, Pius IX, Leo XIII, and Pius XII on top of each other in pale between six roundels.

Pius IX's arms Mastai-Ferretti: Quarterly: 1st and 4th: Azure a lion rampant Or crowned with a count's coronet proper and standing upon a sphere Or; 2nd and 3rd: bendy Gules and Argent.

Leo XIII   Pecci coat of arms:  Azure, a pine tree proper, debruised by a fess argent, planted on a plain of the same accompanied in quarter francs of an estoile fulgent Or chief, and in base two fleurs-de-lis of the second.

 

and finally Pius XII Pacelli: Azure, on a mount of three coupeaux Argent issuant from a champagne Vert charged with waves of the sea proper a dove reguardant of the second holding in the beak an olive branch also Vert. 

Lyon at the Caledonian Society

 The Lord Lyon delivered the Sentiment entitled "A Scottish Prespective of the 2023 Coronation"  at the Caledonian Society of London Dinner held in the Caledonian Club. The pipes were played by a member of the London and Scottish Pipe Band bearing the Pipe Banner of the Society.