Albany Herald

This article is about a Scottish officer of arms. For the Georgia newspaper, see The Albany Herald.

Albany Herald of Arms is a Scottish herald of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.

Albany Herald

The heraldic badge of Albany Herald of Arms
Heraldic tradition	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Governing body	Court of the Lord Lyon

The office was first mentioned in a diplomatic mission from Scotland to England in 1401. The office was probably instituted on the creation of Robert Stewart, son of King Robert II, as Duke of Albany, on 28 April 1398. Albany is an old name for the part of Scotland north of the River Forth, and is cognate with "Alba", the Scottish Gaelic for Scotland.

The badge of office is A saltire Argent enfiled of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (one and two halves visible) Or ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.^[1]

The office is currently held by Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref[2]
	William Bailly	1452
	William Brown of Balmangan	1516
	William Brown	1546
	John Balfour	1558
	Alexander Oliphant	1565
	Thomas Oliphant	1604
	George Kirkwood	1610
	Robert Winram	1613
	Gideon Weir	1637
	James Lockhart	1661
	George Ogilvie	1677
	James Barr	1694
	Robert Leslie	1723
	Sir John Erskine of Cambo, Baronet	1726
	Humphrey Harrison	1754
	John Man	1766
	John Douglas	1768
	James Mitchell	1795
	John Young	1827
	David Littlejohn	1837
	James Sinclair	1859
	Vacant	1878–83
	John Spence	1883
	Robert Spence Livingstone	1885
	William Rae Macdonald	1909
	Sir George Sitwell Campbell-Swinton	1923–1926
	Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig	1927–1935
	Thomas Innes of Learney	1935–1945
	Sir Francis James Grant	1945–1953
	Major Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig	1953–1961	[3]
	Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Baronet	1961–1985	[4]
	John Alexander Spens	1985–2011	[5]
	Vacant	2011–2021
	Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Bt., LVO	2021–Present (in Extraordinary)	[6][7]

See also

• Officer of Arms
• Herald
• Court of the Lord Lyon
• Heraldry Society of Scotland