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30 Heriot Row, Edinburgh The grave of Sir James Balfour Paul, Dean Cemetery. Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926.
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 was born around 1142, during the reign of his grandfather King David I of Scotland. His parents were the king's son Henry and Ada de Warenne. [3] William was around 10 years old when his father died in 1152, making his elder brother Malcolm the heir apparent to their grandfather. From his father, William inherited the Earldom of ...
Joseph John Morrow CVO CBE KC DL FRSE [1] (born 12 December 1954), is the current Lord Lyon King of Arms. [2] He was appointed on 17 January 2014 [3] and, sworn of office on 27 February before the Lord President of the Court of Session, [4] as Lord Lyon, Morrow took part in the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in 2023.
The Lord Lyon King of Arms is the chief heraldic officer of Scotland and Great Officer of State and a judge in the judiciary of Scotland. [10] The Lord Lyon's judicial duties concerning Scottish heraldic business and heraldic laws are conducted through the machinery of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The Lord Lyon King of Arms has a vital and continuing influence on the family organization in Scotland. Depending on the terms of the original grant, armorial bearings are succeeded to by the heir—who may be the heir male, the heir female, or the heir by tailzie (an heir nominated within the blood relationship).
Alexander Brodie, 19th of that Ilk (17 August 1697 – 9 March 1754) was a Scottish politician and clan chief who served as the Lord Lyon King of Arms from 1727 to 1754. Born in Moray , Scotland into a Highland family, he also sat in the British House of Commons from 1720 to 1754, representing the constituencies of Elginshire , Caithness and ...
He was arbitrarily removed from his office of Lord Lyon by Oliver Cromwell and died in 1657. [1] Some of his numerous works are preserved in the Advocates' Library at Edinburgh, together with his correspondence, from which rich collection James Haig published Balfour's Annales of Scotland in four volumes (1824–1825).