Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
Each Lord Lyon is a law unto themselves and is not bound by any ruling of a previous Lord Lyon. He is not even bound by his own previous rulings. The current lord Lyon, William Sellar, does not consider his grants as conferring nobility.

Colin Powell's arms were inherited from his father who was granted arms as a memorial, as he was already deceased.

Regards

Chas
It has been argued elsewhere that Scottish arms still confer nobility, though my tendency is to agree with you. Colin Powell on the other hand received his "gifted grant" through his mother's tie with Scotland as I recall.