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Robin Orr Blair, CVO, WS (born 1 January 1940), former Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland, is a retired solicitor, and was a partner with

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CS and later with Turcan Connell. From 1988 until his appointment as Lord Lyon, he held the post of Purse Bearer to the Lord High Commissioner to the

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. He is a member of the

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. He was appointed Lord Lyon on 9 February 2001, the first to have been appointed in accordance with the

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's rules for appointments to the public service and the first senior member of the Royal Household in

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to have been appointed by the Scottish Executive rather than

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. He was appointed after the position was publicly advertised. On 19 February 2007, he became the Honorary President of the Scottish Genealogy Society upon the retirement after many years of Sir

Malcolm Innes of Edingight Sir Malcolm Rognvald Innes of Edingight (25 May 1938 – 20 September 2020) was Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland from 1981 until 2001. Early life He was the son of Sir Thomas Innes of Learney (Lord Lyon from 1945 to 1969) and Lady Lu ...

, who had preceded him as Lord Lyon. In August 2007, Blair intimated his resignation as Lord Lyon. In 2008 his successor,

David Sellar William David Hamilton Sellar, MVO, FRHistS, FSA (Scot), FRHSC (Hon) (27 February 1941 – 26 January 2019) served as Lord Lyon King of Arms from 2008 to 2014. He was married, with three adult sons and a step-son. Sellar read history at Oxf ...

, was appointed. Already a

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(LVO), he was appointed Commander of the

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(CVO) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

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