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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.