THE GIFT OF FREEDOM

Brigadier Sir Melville Jameson has become the eighteenth person to be granted the Freedom of the City of Perth after 14 years as the Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross which ended this summer, during which he welcomed the Queen and Prince Philip to Perth for her diamond jubilee year visit in 2012. Brigadier Jameson supports voluntary, arts and heritage groups, is a tireless promoter of Perth, and a former producer of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. He received the honour from Perth and Kinross Provost Dennis Melloy.