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Sir Francis James Grant (1863–1953) was a American Society of Genealogists: All Fellows.
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Court of the Lord LyonThe Heraldry Society of Scotland
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Francis James 1863 births Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Scottish genealogists Lord Lyon Kings of Arms Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists 1953 deaths
Sir Francis James Grant (1863–1953) was a Scottish
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officer of arms who eventually rose to the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms. Grant served in the Court of the Lord Lyon
The Court of the Lord Lyon (the Lyon Court) is a standing court of law, based in New Register House in Edinburgh, which regulates heraldry in Scotland. The Lyon Court maintains the register of grants of arms, known as the Public Register of All A ...
as Carrick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary beginning on 17 May 1886. This appointment lasted until his promotion to the office of Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary and Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records on 8 September 1898.
On 10 May 1929, he was appointed Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary of the Order of the Thistle. He was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...
in 1935. Grant retired from the office on 30 June 1945. He was the representative of Grant of Corrimony, and was the son of John Grant, Marchmont Herald of Arms in Ordinary from 1884 to 1888.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 1944./ref>
Arms
See also
*King of Arms
King of Arms is the senior rank of an officer of arms. In many heraldic traditions, only a king of arms has the authority to grant armorial bearings and sometimes certify genealogies and noble titles. In other traditions, the power has been de ...
*Heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...
* Pursuivant
* Herald
References
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Court of the Lord Lyon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Francis James 1863 births Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Scottish genealogists Lord Lyon Kings of Arms Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists 1953 deaths