SCOTTISH LEGAL INTEREST: A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN’S WALKING CANE CIRCA 1890 Malacca, with a horn handle, yellow-metal collar and brass/steel ferrule, the collar engraved with the crest of ‘a lion sejant’ and the motto ‘PAR LOI ET DROIT’ (91cm long) Footnote: Note: The crest and motto engraved into the collar of this cane were unique to The Hon. Dr John Trayner, Lord Trayner, (1834-1929) and granted to him in 1878. Born in Edinburgh, Trayner read law at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, becoming an Advocate in 1858. He was sheriff of Forfarshire in 1881, appointed a Judge of the Court of Session in 1885, serving until 1904, and awarded a Doctorate of Laws (LLD) by Glasgow University in 1886. He was Lord Commissioner of the Justiciary in 1887 and ex-officio Railway Commissioner for Scotland 1889-98. His captaincy of the Luffness Golf Club in 1895 reflected his recreational interests. His portrait in legal robes was painted by George Reid RSA and belongs to the Fine Art Collection of the University of Dundee.