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John Timothy Dunlap
New York, New York, United States of America
Registration of Arms
January 20, 2011
Vol. VI, p. 27
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Blazon
Arms
Argent a double-headed griffin sejant affronté per fess Gules and Sable, holding in its claws a sword point in base Argent hilted Or;
Crest
Issuant from waves Argent, a wall Gules charged with a trillium proper between two thistles Or, and issuing therefrom a hand proper grasping a sword Argent hilted Or;
Motto
CONCUSSUS SURGO;
Symbolism
Arms
The design is based on other arms that have been used by people named Dunlop or Dunlap, being a red double-headed eagle on a white shield. Here the eagle has been changed to a double-headed griffin. The griffin is a symbol of the legal profession, in which Mr. Dunlap, his father and his sister have made their careers. A griffin, holding a sword and a balance, has been used as a symbol of the Advocates’ Society, on whose board Mr. Dunlap’s father served. The red, black and white were the colours of the Ottawa Rough Riders football team, for which Mr. Dunlap’s father played and which he owned in the 1970s. The sword is held in the form of a cross to indicate the family’s Christian faith.
Crest
The crest combines elements found in crests used by armigers named Dunlop and Morrison, thus honouring the heritage of Mr. Dunlap’s father and mother. The waves around the wall make an illusion to the family home on the island of Cape Breton for almost two hundred years. The thistles mark the Nova Scotian and Scottish roots of the family, and the trillium indicates that Mr. Dunlap’s father served as Agent-General of the province of Ontario in the United States of America.
Motto
Meaning “When struck I rise”, this Latin phrase is taken from the emblem book Devises héroïques by Claude Paradin, published in 1563. This statement of resilience and determination also alludes to Mr. Dunlap’s father’s time as a football player, which required getting up after being knocked down.