Albany Herald

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

Albany Herald of Arms is a Scottish herald of arms of the 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

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]