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Mallorytown, Ontario
Registration of Arms and Flag
April 15, 2024
Vol. VIII, p. 271
Arms of Malcolm Douglas FowlerBlazonOr an eagle displayed Azure beaked and membered Gules, charged on each wing with a rose Argent barbed Vert seeded Or, its legs shackled the chains broken Azure, all between three hurts each charged with a bee Or; SymbolismThe shackled eagle alludes to the meaning of Mr. Fowler’s surname, a “fowler” being someone skilled at capturing birds. The broken chain symbolizes triumph over adversity. The bees represent the beehives in the arms of Brockville, Ontario, where Mr. Fowler’s father lived. |
CrestBlazonA demi-lion holding a sword Argent hilted, the sinister paw resting on a wheel Or, all issuant from a coronet Argent of maple leaves Gules and roses Argent barbed Vert seeded Or; SymbolismThe lion brandishing a sword symbolizes the military services of Mr. Fowler’s father and grandfather, who both saw action in the Second World War, as well as his great-grandfather, a career officer who fought in the First World War. The wheel represents his ancestor John Fowler, who came to Canada in 1850 as a contractor to work on the building of the first railway in Canada West (now Ontario). The white rose is a symbol of Yorkshire, in England, where that ancestor lived before coming to Canada, represented here by the maple leaves. |
MottoBlazonDE LAQUEO VENATIUM; SymbolismThis Latin phrase meaning “From the snare of the fowler” is taken from the Bible, Psalm 91:3 (90:3 in the Vulgate): “For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler.” It makes a canting reference to Mr. Fowler’s surname. |
Flag of Malcolm Douglas FowlerBlazonA banner of the Arms edged in chief, to the sinister and in base Azure; SymbolismThe symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationSince 2023, grants, registrations and approvals of heraldic emblems are no longer announced in the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterAnatol Kozlowski CalligrapherNancy Ellis Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the name of his father Donald Maxwell Fowler in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, Volume II, page 135, 11 January 1992. |