Arms: Per pale Argent and Azure on a fess cottised three lions’ gambs erased fesswise all counterchanged; in dexter chief quarter a wolf’s head erased Sable.
SOURCE, NOTES & CREDITS: Source for blazon: Page 2746, column two, BLG 1952. Source for illustration: Same. Source for text: Same plus private correspondence with J.H. Gaylor and with Carrick Pursuivant and Lyon Clerk & Keeper of the Records, Mrs. C.G.W. Roads, MVO,
Miss Dorothy Vivien Wilson was born in 1928, younger daughter of Sir Frank O’Brien Wilson, Kt. Bach., a substantial rancher in Kenya and member of the Kenya Land Commission, who was the fourth son of John Gerald Wilson, CB, of Cliffe Hall, Piercebridge, Darlington, England.
Miss Wilson was a sometime member of the Lyon Office Staff at the time when David Reid of Robertland, Carrick Pursuivant, volunteered to prepare the “Ordinary of Arms”, Volume II, 1902-1973 in March of 1972. His request was approved by Sir James Monteith Grant, KCVO, the Lord Lyon, who allowed Miss Wilson to assist Reid in this work. Unfortunately Reid died suddenly on 20 December 1973 ( see file on Reid ) with the work in its early stages. Miss Wilson bravely carried on alone the huge task of compiling the thousands of entries and for spending countless hours and several years to its final completion in April 1976.
Miss Wilson made a lasting contribution to the Heraldry of Scotland. She died on 23 Nov 2023 at age 95.
The artwork is an interpretation by John Hamilton Gaylor
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October 15, 2025
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Introduction
For some years we have desired to have and build our own armorial. In mid 2007, the opportunity arose where an heraldic artist agreed to work with me to create the shields we desired and to create masters for table banners
