Scotland Magazine section Scottish Heraldry

The Lyon King

Robin Blair, controversial new Lord Lyon King of Arms talks to Scotland Magazine. Words and pictures by James Carney

With a pedigree dating back to Robert the Bruce, the post of Lord Lyon King of Arms is more than just a job, it’s an institution and arguably one of Scotland’s most venerable. The nation’s supreme authority on all matters heraldic and (almost) the last word on hereditary succession, Lyon – to give h...

By James Carney from Issue 3 published on 5/7/2002