Joseph John Morrow is the current

Lord Lyon King of Arms The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grant ...

. He was appointed to the office on 17 January 2014 and sworn in before the

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on 27 February 2014.

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Scottish Parliament (Presentation of Crown) 2021

Morrow is a member of the

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and was named as King's Counsel in September 2015. In 2008 he was appointed President of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (demitted office October 2019). He has previously served as Her Majesty's Commissioner for the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (1999–2006), as a First-Tier Tribunal Judge (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (2002–2013), and as President of the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (2010–2014). In 2009, he was appointed as Vice Lord Lieutenant of the City of Dundee, having served as a

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councillor for the Maryfield ward until that year. He held the positions of Convenor of the Economic Development Committee, Convenor of the Dundee Waterfront Development Board, and was Depute Lord Provost during his time as an elected member. He has served as incumbent of the Chapel of

Glamis Castle Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis (, ) in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public. Glamis Castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, thoug ...

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of the

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, and an Honorary Canon of

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. He is a

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and from 2004 to 2005 he served as the 108th Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. In March 2018 he was appointed as the First Grand Principal of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland. In 2012, he was appointed Commander of the

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. In December 2015 he was promoted to the rank of Knight. In 2016 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Edinburgh Napier University. In 2020, he was appointed Squadron Colonel of

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, which is a sub unit of

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, a

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sub-unit based in Dundee and Aberdeen. His interests include ecclesiastical history and the practical application of ceremonial to state, civil, military, and ecclesiastical areas of Scottish life, together with over thirty years' experience in the field of heraldry.

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