Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees (born 13 January 1925) is an author and former officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
He was born as Robin Ian Evelyn Grinnell-Milne in 1925, godson of the 11th Duke of Argyll. He was educated at the English School of Cairo, and also in Paris. He also attended Merton College, Oxford. He undertook military service, rising to the rank of captain in the Royal Artillery. His heraldic career began on 17 May 1952 when he was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.[1] Later that year his name was changed to that listed above.[2]
In 1958 he adopted by deed poll the name of Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart le Comte de La Lanne-Mirrlees.[3][4] He would hold this post of Rouge Dragon until December 1962, when he was promoted to the office of Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary.[5] He retired from this post in 1967.[6] During his time at the College of Arms, Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees is perhaps best known for his correspondence with Ian Fleming. Fleming was doing research for his book On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
In 1975, Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees was recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms as Baron of Inchdrewer and Laird of Bernera.[7] He is also a Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. In 1992, by a further deed poll, he adopted the name Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart le Prince de la Lanne-Mirrlees.[8] In 2005, he began to assert his claim to a princely title bestowed on him by King Peter II of Yugoslavia.