Arms of MITCHELL-THOMSONIn another
(hopefully interesting) delve into the world of Thomson Heraldry
(ah I do love lazy public holidays in the snow !!) I looked up the Lyon Court Records for Mitchell-Thomson. I have always quite liked the design of these arms while my wife feels they differ to much from the usual Thomson pattern design.
In 1891 Mitchell Thomson (1846 – 1918), City Councillor of Edinburgh, petitioned the Lord Lyon King of Arms for a grant of arms. This chap had quite a distinguished career and ended as Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
Arms of Mitchell Thomson are shown on
http://www.clanthompson.org/arms2.html and the arms of his son on a subsequent page
http://www.clanthompson.org/arms4.html.
I have trawled the internet for references to this armiger and there descendants and I note that the current holder of the arms would be Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson. 3rd Baron Selsdon.
(1846 – 1918) Mitchell Thomson, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
(1877 – 1938) William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon KBE PC, known as Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, from 1918 to 1932, was a British politician.
(1913 – 1963) Peter Mitchell-Thomson, was born in 1877 to the 1st Baron Selsdon and would later succeed his father as Lord Selsdon. He was an active sports racer and in 1949 he earned the distinction as the first Scotsman to win the Le Mans 24 Hour race, co-driving a Ferrari 166 with 1934 Le Mans winner Luigi Chinetti.
(1937 - ) Malcolm McEacharn is the current Baron Selsdon. THE 3RD BARON SELSDON , of Croydon, Surrey and a Baronet (Sir Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson, Bt)
A Baron.... A potential Chief for the Clan..? Perhaps
(if he was interested) and yet I gather the Lord Lyon has issues about Chiefs with hyphenated names
(see Duke of Hamilton and Clan Douglas).
Allan Thomson
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