Robert Bruce Middleton

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Toronto, Ontario
Registration of Arms
December 15, 2017
Vol. VII, p. 28

Arms of Robert Bruce Middleton
Arms of Robert Bruce Middleton
 
Arms of Robert Bruce Middleton

Arms of Robert Bruce Middleton

Blazon

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;

Symbolism

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

Blazon

An eagle Or holding in its beak a rose Argent barbed and seeded and a thistle both slipped and in saltire proper;

Symbolism

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.

Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of Robert Bruce Middleton

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Not available

Painter

Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres

Calligrapher

Not applicable

Recipient Type

Individual

Other Information

The recipient’s emblems were recorded at the College of Arms, London, England, 11 May 1941.