- The Governor General of Canada
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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
Ottawa, Ontario
Registration of Arms and Supporters
July 15, 2024
Vol. VIII, p. 293
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Blazon
Arms
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a fess Or, in chief a crescent Argent between two mullets Or and in base a mascle Argent; 2nd quarterly, 1st and 4th Or an eagle displayed Sable, 2nd and 3rd Argent two bars Sable each charged with three martlets Or; 3rd Gules three cinquefoils Ermine pierced, on a chief Or a lion passant Gules;
The Arms are shown ensigned by the coronet of an earl;
Crest
A crescent Argent on a cap of maintenance Gules turned up Ermine;
Crest
A martlet on a ducal coronet Or;
Crest
A demi-antelope affronty Ermine attired and unguled Or holding between its hooves a heart Gules;
Supporters
Dexter a lion Gules gorged of a double tressure flory-counter-flory Or sinister a tyger Ermine gorged of a like double tressure Gules;
Motto
PER VIAS RECTAS;
Symbolism
Arms
The first and fourth quarters display the arms of Lord Dufferin’s Irish Blackwood ancestors. The second quarter is the arms of the Temple of Stowe family, from which he was a descendant through his mother. The third quarter depicts the arms of the Irish Hamiltons of Killyleagh, of which both Lord Dufferin and his wife were descendants.
Crest
This is the traditional crest of Lord Dufferin’s Irish Blackwood ancestors.
Crest
This is the traditional crest of Lord Dufferin’s Temple ancestors.
Crest
This is the traditional crest of Lord Dufferin’s Irish Hamilton ancestors.
Supporters
These are the traditional supporters of Lord Dufferin’s Irish Hamilton ancestors.
Motto
This Latin phrase, meaning “By right ways,” was the motto adopted by Lord Dufferin’s great-grandfather, Sir John Blackwood, Bt.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on January 1, 1900, in Volume 0, page 0 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
Governor General
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded at the Office of Ulster King of Arms, Dublin, Ireland, 14 October 1862 and 19 November 1872.