People Make Heraldry: Stories from the Lyon Register
Speaker: Rothesay Herald, Liam Devlin
From its creation by the Scottish Parliament 350 years ago in the reign of Charles II, the Lyon Register has contained all the coats of arms in legal use in Scotland. We might think of it as a national memorial cairn, each individual stone telling the history of a person or a place. The opening talk of our year-long series will tell some of these personal stories from the Register, some moving, some shocking, some almost farcical as people have tried over the centuries to mark their humble place in the national memory.
Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow G2 1DU 
03/03/2022 6:30pm Registration, 7pm Start, 8pm to 9pm Reception
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Liam Devlin
Liam Devlin was previously appointed Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary in 2014 and advanced to Unicorn Pursuivant in 2016 before being appointed Rothesay Herald in 2021. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, he is a professional musician and teacher, having taught at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, the former Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and St Aloysius’ College. Liam Devlin was Clothworker Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, in 2002 and subsequently held visiting bye-fellowships at Pembroke College and Trinity College, Oxford. He is on the boards of several charities, including Scotland’s Churches Trust and Children’s Classic Concerts, is a burgess of the City of Edinburgh and a former Deacon of the Incorporation of Cordiners in Glasgow.