David Sellar

William David Hamilton Sellar, MVO, FRHistS, FSA (Scot), FRHSC (Hon)[1] (27 February 1941 – 26 January 2019) was a legal historian who served as Lord Lyon King of Arms from 2008 to 2014.

Sellar read history at Oxford University graduating as Bachelor of Arts before gaining a law degree (LLB) from the University of Edinburgh.[2] 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 the University of Edinburgh, where he was elected an Honorary Fellow.

Sellar wrote about the Lordship of the Isles and on the origins of many Highland families.[3]

Lord Lyon's official coat of arms

He served as a Member of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland, was President of the Scottish Genealogy Society[4] and sat on the council of the Heraldry Society of Scotland, and as Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He was the O'Donnell Lecturer, in Celtic Studies, at Edinburgh in 1985 and the Rhind Lecturer for the Society 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.[5]

A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot) and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS),[6] Sellar was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 2014 New Year Honours[7] in anticipation of his retirement from the office of Lord Lyon.[8][9] Upon retirement, he was appointed Islay Herald Extraordinary.

He died on 26 January 2019.[10] His funeral took place in the Lorimer chapel at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, on Saturday 23 February 2019, with standing room only, followed by a reception in the Playfair Library at Edinburgh University.[11]

Arms

Coat of arms of David Sellar
Escutcheon
Azure on a Chevron Argent between two cups Or in chief and a smith’s hammer proper shafted Or in base, a book fore-edges Gules.

References

  1. ^ "RHSC Honorary Fellows". www.heraldry.ca. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Mr W. David H. Sellar". School of Law, University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Sellar (William David Hamilton)". bill.celt.dias.ie. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. ^ Scotland, The Scottish Genealogy Society - Family History and Ancestry in. "Scottish Genealogy Society Edinburgh - The society for Scottish family history". www.scotsgenealogy.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. ^ "No. 25116". The Edinburgh Gazette. 9 November 2001. p. 2663.
  6. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society: S". Royal Historical Society. Archived from the original (DOC) on 7 August 2012.
  7. ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 4.
  8. ^ "2014.22455442 www.heraldscotland.com". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  9. ^ "New Year Honours 2014: list in full". The Daily Telegraph. 30 December 2013. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Former Lord Lyon David Sellar". 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  11. ^ "William Hamilton (David) SELLAR Notice". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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Preceded by
James Keir Lamont
Bute Pursuivant
2001–2008 		Succeeded by
Colin Russell
Preceded by
Lord Lyon King of Arms
2008–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Islay Herald
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Yvonne Holton


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