- The Governor General of Canada
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Nathan Danyel Hyde
Mono, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
January 15, 2019
Vol. VII, p. 141
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Blazon
Arms
Azure a cross couped Ermine ensigned at each limb by a mural coronet Or;
Crest
A sea-horse Ermine queued Azure maned, finned and with a tanned hide Or draped over its sinister leg;
Motto
MAGNA DIFFICULTAS • MAJOR GLORIA;
Badge
A horse’s head affronty proper jessant of a fasces Azure of two blades addorsed Or;
Symbolism
Arms
The cross is indicative of Mr. Hyde’s faith and the importance it plays in his life. The fur of the cross relates to the hide in the crest. The mural coronets are symbolic of Mr. Hyde’s long service in municipal governments.
Crest
The hide is a canting reference to Mr. Hyde’s surname. The upper portion of the sea-horse is representative of Mr. Hyde’s membership in the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (an association of barristers in the United Kingdom) of which the Pegasus is the emblem; the lower half is both a reference to his passion for sea-going pursuits and to his mother’s maiden name of Fisher.
Motto
This Latin phrase, meaning “Great difficulty, greater glory,” is a paraphrase of the saying “The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory” by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Cic. Off. 1.64).
Badge
The horse refers to Mr. Hyde’s birth in the Chinese year of the horse. The Roman fasces allude to Mr. Hyde’s training as a lawyer. They were also a symbol of civil authority in ancient Rome, and thus symbolizes Mr. Hyde’s work in municipal government.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 23, 2019, in Volume 153, page 1082 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Darrel Kennedy, Assiniboine Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Palina Klimava
Calligrapher
Yolande Lessard
Recipient Information
Individual