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Malcolm Douglas Fowler
Mallorytown, Ontario
Registration of Arms and Flag
April 15, 2024
Vol. VIII, p. 271
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Blazon
Arms
Or an eagle displayed Azure beaked and membered Gules, charged on each wing with a rose Argent barbed Vert seeded Or, its legs shackled the chains broken Azure, all between three hurts each charged with a bee Or;
Crest
A demi-lion holding a sword Argent hilted, the sinister paw resting on a wheel Or, all issuant from a coronet Argent of maple leaves Gules and roses Argent barbed Vert seeded Or;
Motto
DE LAQUEO VENATIUM;
Symbolism
Arms
The shackled eagle alludes to the meaning of Mr. Fowler’s surname, a “fowler” being someone skilled at capturing birds. The broken chain symbolizes triumph over adversity. The bees represent the beehives in the arms of Brockville, Ontario, where Mr. Fowler’s father lived.
Crest
The lion brandishing a sword symbolizes the military services of Mr. Fowler’s father and grandfather, who both saw action in the Second World War, as well as his great-grandfather, a career officer who fought in the First World War. The wheel represents his ancestor John Fowler, who came to Canada in 1850 as a contractor to work on the building of the first railway in Canada West (now Ontario). The white rose is a symbol of Yorkshire, in England, where that ancestor lived before coming to Canada, represented here by the maple leaves.
Motto
This Latin phrase meaning “From the snare of the fowler” is taken from the Bible, Psalm 91:3 (90:3 in the Vulgate): “For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler.” It makes a canting reference to Mr. Fowler’s surname.