# Orkney Herald

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This article is about the Scottish [officer of arms](/source/Officer_of_arms). For a Scottish newspaper, see [The Orkney Herald](/source/The_Orkney_Herald).

**Orkney Herald of Arms** is a [Scottish](/source/Scotland) [herald of arms](/source/Officer_of_Arms) in the [Court of the Lord Lyon](/source/Court_of_the_Lord_Lyon).[1]

The title is locative in origin, from the [Orkney Isles](/source/Orkney_Isles) or the creation of the [Earls of Orkney](/source/Earl_of_Orkney). It was probably created in late period.[2]

The [badge of office](/source/Heraldic_badge) is *Two dragons’ heads erased and addorsed their necks entwined Or breathing flames of fire Gules all ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper.*[3]

The office was last held by [Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight](/source/Malcolm_Innes_of_Edingight), the former [Lord Lyon King of Arms](/source/Lord_Lyon_King_of_Arms). He was appointed to this post on 9 February 2001. The office became vacant upon his death in September 2020.[4]

## Holders of the office

Arms Name Date of appointment Ref Adam MacCulloch 1571 [5] Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight (Office used in Extraordinary) 2001–2020 [4] Vacant 2020–Present

## See also

- [Officer of Arms](/source/Officer_of_Arms)
- [Herald](/source/Herald)
- [Court of the Lord Lyon](/source/Court_of_the_Lord_Lyon)
- [Heraldry Society of Scotland](/source/Heraldry_Society_of_Scotland)

## References

1. ["The Officers of Arms in Scotland"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110605020055/http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/CCC_FirstPage.jsp). *The Court of the Lord Lyon*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/CCC_FirstPage.jsp) on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

1. ["Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Dictionary of Period Forms"](http://medievalscotland.org/jes/HeraldicTitles/dictionary.shtml). *Julia Smith*. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

1. Roads, Elizabeth Ann. "Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms". *The Double Tressure*. '***(20 1998): 77–86.***

1. No. 25116. 9 November 2001. p. 2663.

1. 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*](https://books.google.com/books?id=G_TEPAAACAAJ). Society.

## External links

- [The Court of the Lord Lyon](https://web.archive.org/web/20140607053351/http://www.lyon-court.com/)

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