- The Governor General of Canada
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Robert Bruce Middleton
Toronto, Ontario
Registration of Arms
December 15, 2017
Vol. VII, p. 28
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Blazon
Arms
Azure an eagle’s head between two wings displayed all issuant from the base, on a chief Or between two thistles proper a pale Azure charged with a pheon Or;
Crest
An eagle Or holding in its beak a rose Argent barbed and seeded and a thistle both slipped and in saltire proper;
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The eagle’s head and wings possibly refer to Wing Commander Middleton’s career as a pilot and to his air force service.
Crest
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The eagle possibly refers to Wing Commander Middleton’s career as a pilot and to his air force service.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 17, 2018, in Volume 152, page 900 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
Painter
Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Individual
The recipient’s emblems were recorded at the College of Arms, London, England, 11 May 1941.