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Donald Sterling Palmer Howard

Glencoe and Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland
Registration of Arms and Supporters
March 15, 2019
Vol. VII, p. 150

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Blazon

Arms

Quarterly 1^st and 4^th Argent on a bend indented between four cross crosslets Gules, three maple leaves Or (Howard); 2^nd and 3^rd Gules on a fess Argent between in chief a demi-lion Or and in base a canoe contourné Or with four men rowing proper in the bow a flag Argent inscribed with the letters NW, a hammer surmounted by a nail in saltire Sable (Strathcona);

Supporters

Dexter a trooper of the regiment of Strathcona’s Horse, sinister a navvy supporting on his shoulder a hammer and standing on a railway sleeper chaired and railed, all on a grassy mount set with thistles proper;

Motto

PERSEVERANCE;

Motto

AGMINA DUCENS;

Crest

On a grassy mount a beaver eating into a maple tree proper;

Symbolism

Arms

The red and white colours, the bend and the cross-crosslets in the 1^st and 4^th quarters are traditional elements of Howard coats of arms, to which maple leaves have been added to indicate the paternal lineage of Mr. Howard, whose father, grandfather and great-grandfather lived in Montréal, Quebec. The Arms in the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters are those granted to Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1^st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, and include elements of the emblems of the North West Company.

Supporters

The Supporters are those of Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1^st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. They represent his Regiment, the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, whose progress was linked to his financial backing, a fact highlighted by his invitation to drive the Last Spike when the railway was completed in 1885.

Motto

PERSEVERANCE is the Motto of Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1^st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, and of the North West Company.

Motto

This Latin phrase meaning “In the vanguard” is the Motto of Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1^st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.

Crest

This is the Crest of Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1^st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, which includes elements of the emblems of the North West Company.