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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 o...

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Albany Herald of Arms is a Scottishherald 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

See also

References

  1. ↑Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". The Double Tressure (20 1998): 77–86.
  2. ↑Grant, Sir Francis James (1945). Court of the Lord Lyon: List of His Majesty's Officers of Arms and Other Officials with Genealogical Notes, 1318-1945. Society.
  3. ↑Michael Pearce, "Account of George Wishart of Drymme", Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, XVII (Edinburgh: SHS, 2025), p. 27, fee in 1563.
  4. ↑"No. 17054". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 March 1953. p. 143.
  5. ↑"No. 17888". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 December 1960. p. 815.
  6. ↑"No. 21710". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 April 1985. p. 482.
  7. ↑"New Appointments at the Lyon Court". New Appointments at the Lyon Court. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  8. ↑"albany". www.courtofthelordlyon.scot. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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