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Robbie Douglas Sprules
Uxbridge, Ontario
Grant of a Crest
July 20, 2007
Vol. V, p. 152
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Blazon
Crest
Issuant from a coronet Azure the upper rim set with Tudor roses proper and narwhal tusks Argent, a demi-lion Or holding an anchor Azure;
Symbolism
Crest
The lion represents the origins in London and Sheffield, England, of the paternal and maternal grandfathers of Mr. Sprules. The anchor represents his family’s relationship with boating: his boat collection, his maternal grandfather’s love of boats, the yacht Limnoseer that his father used to conduct research in Lake Erie on lamprey eels, and the sea captains among his Scottish ancestors. The narwhal tusks allude to the career of his father in international fisheries science with the Canadian government, he having been the Canadian Commissioner for the International Whaling Commission and the Canadian representative at the Law of the Sea conferences. The roses symbolize the English rose gardens created by his paternal grandfather in England and in Hamilton, Ontario.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on October 6, 2007, in Volume 141, page 2827 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Robbie Sprules, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Gordon Macpherson
Calligrapher
Shirley Mangione
Recipient Information
Individual
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One or more entries related to this Recipient's emblems appear elsewhere in the Register: Volume II, p. 34; Volume IV, p. 536.