SignetJuly 2012 - Issue 03 magazine The magazine of The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet SUMMER BALL 2012 SCOTland’S BANKS IAN FRASER and JEREMY PEAT p. 6 PLUS LORD MACKAY The Monarch of and the Writers CLASHFERN p. 22 p. 14 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW The Scottish Sale August 2012 Edinburgh Part I We are delighted to announce the dates of our annual Monday 20 August Scottish Sale. In 2011 Bonhams Scotland were market leaders Scottish Paintings in Scottish Art, achieving outstanding results for Colourist pictures, Jewellery, Whisky and many other fields of Scottish Part II interest. Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 August Furniture, Clocks, Works of Art, Books, Maps, Arms and 0131 225 2266 Armour, Jewellery, Silver, Ceramics, Glass and Whisky.
[email protected] John Duncan Fergusson, RBA (British, 1874-1961) Head with White Rose £15,000 - £20,000 International Auctioneers and Valuers - bonhams.com/edinburgh SignetJuly 2012 - Issue 03 magazine The magazine of Contents The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet Summer Ball 2012 / 4 Deputy Keeper’s Letter / 5 Caroline Docherty EDITOR Robert Pirrie SCOTLAND’S BANKS PRODUCTION AND MARKETING Loss of trust / 6 Claudia Marshall Ian Fraser CONTRIBUTORS Karen Baston, Stewart Inside the rise and fall of RBS / 11 Brymer, Caroline Docherty, Ian Fraser, Randy Gordon, David Halliday, James Jeremy Peat Mure QC, Jeremy Peat, Robert Pirrie LORD MACKAY OF CLASHFERN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS From the Highlands to High Office / Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT, 14 Lord Cullen of Whitekirk KT Interview by Robert Pirrie DESIGN The WS Society In camera / 20 PRINTING Minuteman Press PUBLISHER The WS Society Her Majesty’s Signet / 22 Karen Baston LETTER FROM AMERICA / 24 Randy Gordon THE SOCIETY OF WRITERS CELEBRATING WILLIAM ROUGHEAD WS TO HER MAJESTY’S SIGNET Roughead’s friends / 26 Oscar Slater: what happened..