George Way of Plean
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George Alexander Way of Plean, The Much Hon. Baron of Plean in the County of Stirlingshire[1] is a Scottish Sheriff and former Procurator Fiscal of the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland. In November 2015 it was announced that he was to be the first Scottish Sheriff to be appointed a member of the Royal Household in Scotland as Falkland Pursuivant at the Court of the Lord Lyon.
Education and Career
He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and Pembroke College Oxford. He was, until 2009, senior partner with the law firm of Beveridge and Kellas SSC. He held a Convenorship on the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and is Past President of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland. Way of Plean has previously served as Secretary to the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs but had to stand down from this post in order to carry out his duties as Procurator Fiscal impartially. In addition to his specialist work in peerage and heraldic law he has deep interest in judicial procedure. He served on the Scottish Courts Rules Council and other Regulatory bodies in Scotland. He holds the honorary rank of Lt. Colonel as an external adviser to the California State Military Reserve on Court Martial procedure.
Memberships and Activities
He is a member of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and a Companion of the Order of Malta. He is also a member of the Baronage of Scotland as the Baron of Plean in the County of Stirling. He has numerous foreign decorations including the Order of Saints Maurice and the "Treu und Verdienst Kreuz" of Germany and decorations from Poland, Portugal and Georgia. He holds the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal and the California State Medal of Service.
Publications
His published works include Collins Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopaedia, Everyday Scots Law, Scottish Clans and Tartans and The Homelands of the Clans.