- The Governor General of Canada
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Arthur Edwin Potts Von der Lippe
Cambridge, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
July 20, 2006
Vol. V, p. 39
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Blazon
Arms
Azure three Loyalist military coronets Or within a bordure Gules charged with escutcheons Argent each bearing a rose Gules barbed and seeded Or;
Badge
On a rose Gules barbed Or a hurt edged with a rope Or, overall a sword Argent enfiling a Loyalist military coronet Or;
Symbolism
Arms
The central part of the shield is the coat of arms granted by the Chief Herald of Canada to Mr. Potts von der Lippe in 1991. The three Loyalist military coronets indicate Mr. Potts von der Lippe’s descent from Solomon Austin, a private in the Queen’s Rangers; Jacob de Cou, a soldier with the New Jersey Volunteers; and Willem Vanderlip, a member of Butler’s Rangers, all of whom were United Empire Loyalists who fought during the American Revolutionary War. The addition of the border marks Mr. Potts von der Lippe’s change of name in honour of his grandmother, a descendant of the Loyalist Willem Vanderlip whose name was a variant on the original German spelling of von der Lippe. The red rose on white is indicative of the German region of Lippe, from where the family immigrated to America.
Badge
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Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 18, 2006, in Volume 140, page 3687 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Arthur Potts von der Lippe, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Robert Grey
Calligrapher
Shirley Mangione
Recipient Information
Individual