David Sellar

William David Hamilton Sellar MVO ( born February 27, 1941) is a Scottish lawyer, genealogist and heraldry. From 2008 until 2013 he served as Lord Lyon King of Arms Head of the Court of the Lord Lyon to Edinburgh.

Life

Sellar attended Fettes College in Edinburgh and studied history at the University of Oxford and Law at the University of Edinburgh. In 1966 he was admitted as a solicitor, two years later, he joined the law faculty of the University of Edinburgh. His work and research focus since that time in Scottish law and the history of Scotland.

He has published on the Lords of the Isles and the history of many Highland Scottish clan. Sellar is Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Scottish Society for Ancient Research and a member of the Heraldry Society of Scotland, the Heraldry Society of Scotland.

2001 Sellar was appointed Bute Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. In 2008 he was Lord Lyon King of Arms and thus the only Scottish coat of arms king. Force this position he was responsible for the leadership of the Scottish coat of arms role. Unlike the English coat of arms kings, the Scottish coat of arms King beyond even judicial functions in the field of heraldry, which are perceived in the remaining territory of the United Kingdom by the Court of Chivalry.

When Lord Lyon was one of the Sellar Great Officers of State in Scotland; for this reason he was entitled to the salutation The Right Honourable ( the highest honor values). In addition, Sellar was secretary of the Thistle Order. He was also responsible for the implementation of state ceremonies in Scotland. In that regard, its protocol functions similar to those of the Earl Marshal in England. At its annual duties in this capacity included the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Sellar is married and has three children. The end of 2013, he resigned from his post.