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2 unusual facts about Court of the Lord Lyon


Court of the Lord Lyon

The Lord Lyon Court is directly responsible for the establishment of the rights to arms and pedigree.

Other ceremonies in which the HM Officers of Arms take part include; the announcement of the dissolution of Parliament from the Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, the inauguration of the governors of Edinburgh Castle, and the ceremonial opening of the annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.


Elizabeth Roads

Elizabeth Ann Roads, LVO (born 1951) is Snawdoun Herald of Arms in Ordinary and Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records for the Court of the Lord Lyon.

Procurator fiscal

A procurator fiscal is appointed to the Court of the Lord Lyon, which is a civil and criminal court dealing with Scottish heraldry and genealogy in Scotland.


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