The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms,the head of Lyon Court,is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country,issuing new grants of arms,and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon,the oldest heraldic court in the world that is still in daily operation.
William Douglas Cullen,Baron Cullen of Whitekirk is a former senior member of the Scottish judiciary. He formerly served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session,and was an additional Lord of Appeal in the House of Lords prior to the transfer of its judicial functions to the Supreme Court.
An officer of arms is a person appointed by a sovereign or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions:
A pursuivant or,more correctly,pursuivant of arms,is a junior officer of arms. Most pursuivants are attached to official heraldic authorities,such as the College of Arms in London or the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. In the mediaeval era,many great nobles employed their own officers of arms. Today,there still exist some private pursuivants that are not employed by a government authority. In Scotland,for example,several pursuivants of arms have been appointed by Clan Chiefs. These pursuivants of arms look after matters of heraldic and genealogical importance for clan members.
The courts of Scotland are responsible for administration of justice in Scotland,under statutory,common law and equitable provisions within Scots law. The courts are presided over by the judiciary of Scotland,who are the various judicial office holders responsible for issuing judgments,ensuring fair trials,and deciding on sentencing. The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland,subject to appeals to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom,and the High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court,which is only subject to the authority of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on devolution issues and human rights compatibility issues.
Clan Nicolson is a Lowland Scottish clan. The clan claims descent from an Edinburgh lawyer who lived in the 16th century and from a distinguished line of Aberdeen merchants who preceded him. During the mid-1980s David Nicolson,4th Baron Carnock was recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms as the chief of Clan Nicolson. Around the same time,a Nicolson who claimed descent from the Highland clan of "Nicolsons" historically centred on Skye,petitioned the Lord Lyon King of Arms to be recognised as chief of his own clan. The Lord Lyon King of Arms accepted this man's petition on the condition he took the surname MacNeacail. In consequence there are two Scottish clans with similar names—the lowland Clan Nicolson and the highland Clan MacNeacail.
The Order of Mark Master Masons is an appendant order of Freemasonry that exists in some Masonic jurisdictions,and confers the degrees of Mark Mason and Mark Master.
The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland is the governing body of Freemasonry in Scotland. It was founded in 1736. About one third of Scotland's lodges were represented at the foundation meeting of the Grand Lodge.
Sir Malcolm Rognvald Innes of Edingight was Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland from 1981 until 2001.
George Alexander Way of Plean CStJ is a Scottish Sheriff and former Procurator Fiscal of the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland. In November 2015,it was announced that he was to be the first Scottish Sheriff to be appointed a member of the Royal Household in Scotland as Falkland Pursuivant Extraordinary at the Court of the Lord Lyon. In December 2017,he was promoted to Carrick Pursuivant in Ordinary and then to Rothesay Herald in 2024. In 2020,he was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Brechin. In June 2021,he was appointed as Genealogist of the Priory of Scotland in the Most Venerable Order of St.John.
Sir James Balfour Paul was the Lord Lyon King of Arms,the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland,from 1890 until the end of 1926.
The Flag Institute is a membership organisation and UK-registered educational charity devoted to the study and promotion of flags and flag flying. It documents flags in the UK and around the world,maintains a UK Flag Registry,and offers advice and guidance about flags and their design and usage. It is often consulted on these matters but holds no official status or authority.
There are Masonic degrees named after the Knights Templar but not all Knights Templar Orders are Masonic.
Sir Crispin Hamlyn Agnew of Lochnaw,11th Baronet,is a Scottish advocate,herald and former explorer. He is the chief of the ancient Agnew family,and the eleventh holder of the Agnew baronetcy,created in 1629. He was elected a member of the Royal Company of Archers,the King's Body Guard for Scotland in 1975.
John Inglis Drever "Don" Pottinger (1919–1986) was a Scottish officer of arms,artist,illustrator and author. He is remembered for the publication,with Sir Iain Moncreiffe,of Simple Heraldry,Cheerfully Illustrated (1953).
William David Hamilton Sellar,MVO,FRHistS,FSA (Scot),FRHSC (Hon) was a legal historian who served as Lord Lyon King of Arms from 2008 to 2014.
The Court of the Lord Lyon,or Lyon Court,is a standing court of law,based in New Register House in Edinburgh,which regulates heraldry in Scotland. The Lyon Court maintains the register of grants of arms,known as the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland,as well as records of genealogies.
Joseph Morrow may refer to:
Morag Barbara Wise,Lady Wise,is the President of the Scottish Tribunals and a Senator of the College of Justice,a judge of the Scotland's Supreme Courts.
Charles William Gray Taylor was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1942/3.
