Approved arms for the Tennessee Valley Scottish Society.

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The Clan Macpherson Association was granted Arms by the Lord Lyon (Lyon Register Vol. 79 Page 17). The Clan Macpherson Association shield is quarterly "gold and blue," the Cluny livery colours, charged with well known symbols of Cluny's Arms and surrounded by an "Annulet" representing a "Society" or "circle of friendship."

Crest: "A golden wildcat" in the traditional posture used by the Association since its inception in 1947.

I'm sorry Kyle but this post doesn't answer my question at all. You "bolded" (is that a word?) half my question and then proceeded to post a confirmation that "The Clan Macpherson ASSOCIATION" has been granted arms by the Lord Lyon.

What I don't understand is why a clan or a family cannot be awarded arms but an ASSOCIATION can.

To be perfectly clear, you showed me the arms that were granted to the Clan Macpherson ASSOCIATION. It seems to me that you posted to try and prove that your clan had been granted arms by the Lord Lyon. Correct me if I'm wrong, but theses arms were not granted to the Clan Macpherson as a clan were they, but to the clan ASSOCIATION?

What is confusing is that I was lead to believe that arms were granted to individuals to be able to be recognised on the field of battle and that, to avoid the confusion of having several examples of the same arms on the battlefield, they were always granted individually. I was also lead to believe that that was still the case today, hence my confusion.

Have the "rules" for the granting of arms by the Lord Lyon been changed to allow these granting of arms to Clan Associations/societies now?

If that is the case maybe that is good news for Harold, who can now (if his association/society has enough funds to be able to finance this projet) proceed to get their arms officially recognised and registered by the Lord Lyon.

I'm simply asking for clarification as to the "rules and regulations for the grant of arms", that's all. I'm just a wee bit confused by all this but it is interesting.