David Sellar

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William David Hamilton Sellar, MVO, MA, LLB, FRHistS, FSA (Scot), (born 27 February 1941) served as Lord Lyon King of Arms 2008-14. He is married, with three adult sons and a step-son.

MVO insignia

Sellar read history at Oxford University graduating as Bachelor of Arts before gaining a law degree (LLB) from the University of Edinburgh.^[1] He qualified as a Scottish solicitor in 1966, and after two years as a legal assessor with the Scottish Land Court joined in 1968 the Faculty of Law at Edinburgh University, where he has been elected an Honorary Fellow.

Sellar has written about the Lordship of the Isles and on the origins of many Highland families.

He has served as a Member of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland, on the Councils of the Scottish Genealogy Society^[2] and the Heraldry Society of Scotland, and as Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He was the O'Donnell Lecturer, in Celtic Studues, at Edinburgh in 1985 and the Rhind Lecturer for the Scoiety of Antiquaries in 2000. He held the office of Bute Pursuivant of Arms from 2001 until his appointment in 2008 as Lord Lyon King of Arms.^[3]

A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot) and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS),^[4] Sellar was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 2014 New Year Honours^[5] in anticipation of his retirement from the office of Lord Lyon.^[6][7]

References

1. www.law.ed.ac.uk
2. www.scotsgenealogy.com
3. The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 25116. p. 2663. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
4. www.royalhistoricalsociety.org
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60728. p. 4. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
6. 2014.22455442 www.heraldscotland.com
7. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list

External links

• www.scottishlegal.com Photograph and painting
• www.law.ed.ac.uk
• www.scotsheraldry.com
• www.scotland.gov.uk
• www.lyon-court.com