Arms of George Cuthill Watt
Arms of George Cuthill Watt
Blazon
Argent an oak tree growing out of a mount in base Vert on a chief Sable an open book proper binding and fore-edges Or between two garbs also Or all within a bordure party per fesse in chief Or and Vert;
Symbolism
These Canadian arms are based on a Scottish grant of 1987 to one of Mr. Watt’s first cousins, David Brand Watt III. They feature an oak tree on a green mount, a symbol long associated in Scottish heraldry with people having the surname Watt. In the chief, the book between the wheat sheaves represents Mr. Watt’s grandfather, David Brand Watt I, a schoolmaster, who was the son and grandson of James and John Watt, bakers in Dunfermline, Fife. The border differences these arms from those of David Brand Watt III.
Crest of George Cuthill Watt
Blazon
A lymphad Azure garnished and with pennons Or flying a sail Argent charged with a martlet Azure;
Symbolism
The lymphad and the martlet are taken from the arms of West Vancouver, where Mr. Watt grew up.
Motto of George Cuthill Watt
Blazon
FIRM FAITH AND BRIGHT HOPE;
Symbolism
This phrase is borrowed from a letter sent in 1911 from Mr. Watt’s grandfather David Brand Watt I to his fourth son, his father, John Turner Watt, when John was taking up the duties as an elder in the Presbyterian Church in North Vancouver.
