Sir Crispin Agnew, 11th Baronet

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Sir Crispin Hamlyn Agnew of Lochnaw, 11th Baronet QC (Born 13 May 1944) is an Advocate, officer of arms former explorer and Chief of the Name and Arms of Agnew.

The eleventh holder of a 1629 title in the baronetcy of Nova Scotia Agnew is a Queen's Counsel at the Scottish Bar. Raising to the rank of major in the Royal Highland Fusiliers he took part or led a number of expeditions including to Everest, Antarctica, Patagonia and Greenland.

His heraldic career began in 1978 when he was appointed Slains Pursuivant of Arms to the Chief of the Name and Arms of Hay, the Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland. In 1981, he was appointed Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary at the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. In 1986, he was appointed Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary and he currently holds this position. He and his wife Susan, a journalist and broadcaster, have three daughters and one son, Mark Agnew, who is heir to the baronetcy.

Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Fulque Melville Gerald Noel Agnew	10th Baronet of Lochnaw 1975 -	Succeeded by Current Incumbent Heir Apparent: Mark Agnew

[edit] See also

• Heraldry
• Pursuivant
• Herald