Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary
As with many other extraordinary offices of arms, Fitzalan Pursuivant obtains its title from one of the baronies held by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England; the appointment was first made for the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837.The first four Fitzalans, beginning with Sir Albert Woods, subsequently became Garter Principal King of Arms.Charles Wilfrid Scott-Giles, the well-known heraldic writer, also served as Fitzalan Pursuivant.The current Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary is Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce of Crionaich, second cousin to the Hon.Adam Bruce, Marchmont Herald of Arms.