Sir Francis James Grant (Editor) (1863 -- 1953)Sir Francis James Grant KCVO, LLD, WS, was a Scottish officer of arms who eventually rose to the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms. He was the representative of Grant of Corrimony, and was the son of John Grant, Marchmont who was Herald of Arms in Ordinary from 1884 to 1888. He served in the Court of the Lord Lyon as Carrick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary starting in 1886 until his promotion to the office of Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary and Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records in 1898. In 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 in 1935. Grant retired from the office in 1945. Works |