Don Pottinger

John Inglis Drever "Don" Pottinger (1919–1986) was a Scottish officer of arms, artist, illustrator and author.

In 1947 he won the Chalmer's Prize from the Royal Scottish Academy, and received his Diploma in Drawing and Painting in 1948.

In 1949, he was commissioned to paint the official portrait of Lord Lyon King of Arms, Sir Thomas Innes of Learney.

Another result of this commission was Pottinger's meeting Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk and collaborating with him on the book Simple Heraldry, Cheerfully Illustrated (1953).

In 1985, he was made an Honorary Senior Fellow of Renison University College, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, for his contributions to heraldry.