Lord Lyon Society
The Society is an independent charity registered with the Scottish Charity Regulator. The
purpose of the Society is:
1. To promote Scottish heraldry, genealogy and related arts, heritage and culture.
2. To advance heraldic, genealogical and Scottish heritage through education and
engagement with young people.
3. To aid and support the protection and preservation of the records, archives and
collections of the Court and Office of the Lord Lyon.
4. To aid and support the digitisation of those records and to make them accessible to the
public at no cost.
5. To support and promote the contribution by the Scottish diaspora, especially within the
Commonwealth, to heraldic, genealogical and cultural education.
"The Society has recently been established as a Scottish Charity to support the work of the Court of the Lord Lyon. In particular, the Society intends to widen access to the wealth of records held by the Court of the Lord Lyon and to make the work of the Lord Lyon more widely known.
I am aware that Her Royal Highness was Patron of the 27 Heraldic Congress which was held in St Andrews in 2006, and it is very much hoped that she would consider accepting the Patronage of this new Society and the work that it will do to promote wider knowledge of the unique history of Scottish heraldry."
Region: UK (Scotland)
Members of the Royal Family:
The Princess Royal, Patron
