MEET THE COUNCIL

John Tunesi of Liongam

John has been a member of the society since 1973. By profession he is a genealogist and researcher in archives with some twenty five years experience specialising in genealogical research throughout the British Isles and has a wide knowledge of record offices and archives on both a national and local level. He also undertakes research within the archives of the Corporation of the City of London and those of the City's Livery Companies.

He was a research assistant at the College of Arms in London between 1987 and 1996 and served as Factor to Garter Principal King of Arms (Sir Conrad Swan) 1992 to 1995. John is a Freeman and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners of the City of London and is a member of the Court of Assistants, Membership Committee and Committee of Privileges of the Company.  He is also a Freeman of the City of London and a Member of both the Honourable Artillery Company and Castle Baynard Ward Club.  John holds the Postgraduate Diploma (in Genealogical Studies) of the University of Strathclyde. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a Member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, as well as being the Advertising Manager for the society's two regular publications, The Coat of Arms and The Heraldry Gazette, and serves on the society's Congress Committee.  He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Hertfordshire Family History Society. As Head of the Territorial House of Tunesi of Liongam and Heritable Proprietor of the Island of Liongam in the Western Isles of Scotland, he is particularly interested in the heraldry and genealogies of the families that are found along the western seaboard of Scotland.  He is also interested in families that hail from the county of Wigtownshire, the home county of many of his ancestors.

John is an Esquire of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and in his spare time serves both as an officer in the Training Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and within the ranks of the second ceremonial sub-unit of the Honourable Artillery Company – The Light Cavalry. He is married to Jane who was the Assistant Librarian of the College of Arms 1987 to 2003.