Scottish Heraldry: An Egalitarian Tradition
Speaker: Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary, Professor Gillian Black
This lecture will draw on a wealth of evidence from Humbie Kirkyard to Robert Burns, to make the case that Scottish Heraldry has always been an egalitarian tradition. Not solely the preserve of peers and dignitaries, heraldry in Scotland has been open to – and embraced by – all “vertuous and well-deserving Persones” for over 350 years.
City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ 
28/04/2022 6:30pm Registration, 7pm Start, 8pm to 9pm Reception
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Professor Gillian Black
Professor Gillian Black was appointed Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary in September 2021. She is Professor of Scots Private Law at the University of Edinburgh, and a Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission. After qualifying as a solicitor in 2002, she took up a lectureship at Edinburgh Law School in 2005 and completed her PhD on “Publicity Rights in Scots Law” in 2009. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and remains on the non-practising roll of the Law Society of Scotland.