On Tuesday 26 May, the Lord Lyon was pleased to present Letters Patent to John Vernon Dent MBE, son of George Vernon Dent MBE, accompanied by his son, John David Vernon Dent MBE, they both enjoyed a tour of the Office and viewed the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings where the arms already reside. The artist is Adel Gaspar.
Dr Joseph Scott (1870-1939) was born in Campbeltown and went to Glasgow University, graduating in medicine in 1894. He was for a short time medical officer of health in Basra, and then moved to Tehran in the late 1890s to act as surgeon to the Royal Hospital and the British Legation. He made an important study of the Tehran cholera epidemic in the 1920s and was a great promoter of vaccination and revaccination. Decorated by the Shah, Scott was granted arms in 1920 including a clever emblazoning of the Persian flag.
Or on a bend Azure a mullet between two crescents of the First, in the sinister chief an Aescalapian Rod Proper, on a chief parted per fess Vert and Gules a bar Argent.
The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Dr Tomás Rohan. The artist is Annette Reed.
Gules a chevron Ermine between trhee lozenges Or,.
It is widely known that the English Court of Chivalry met for the first time in 200 years in 1954 to decide the case of The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Manchester v. The Manchester Palace of Varieties Limited - where the City council was complaining about the theatre using its arms without permission. The case has been extensively covered by the Heraldry Society. (click for articles).
Another fine hatchment from the brushes of the late Mark Dennis: painted for his friend, Sheriff David Bogie,who bookplate, also by Mark appears in our archive.
The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Major Paul Rorie TD. The artist was Gayle Page.
This evening, the Lord Lyon was the guest of the Lord Provost of Glasgow at a dinner held in the City Chambers to mark the occasion of The UK Supreme Court sessions in Glasgow. The emblem of the Supreme Court was designed by Yvonne Holton when Herald Painter to the Lyon Court.
The Lord Lyon and Officers of Arms were in attendance on Her Grace the Lord High Commissioner this morning at the General Assembly Service at St Giles.
On the 15th May, the Lord Lyon attended a piano recital by Ethan Loch hosted by Her Grace the Lord High Commissioner at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Lord Lyon has been pleased today to vary His Commission appointing George Way of Plean as Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary, extending the appointment by two years until George Way of Plean attains the age of seventy-two years in May 2028.
Radio 3 tells me today is National Chocolate Chip Day for which we offer the arms of John Stewart Birrell, granted in 1922, proprietor of a much-loved Glasgow confectioners.
The Gillis Centre Complex in Edinburgh will be sold by the the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh in September.
