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Tillsonburg, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge
September 15, 2005
Vol. IV, p. 521
Arms of Robert Bruce Gordon StewartBlazonOr a fess chequy Azure and Argent between three torteaux each charged with a mullet Or; SymbolismThe gold shield with the blue and white chequy fess is associated with Scottish armigers named Stewart. The design is made unique by the addition of the red discs and gold stars, based on the Sutherland arms of three gold stars on a red shield, thus marking Mr. Stewart’s maternal Sutherland ancestry. |
CrestBlazonA unicorn’s head Argent armed and crined Or charged on the neck with a torteau bearing a mullet Or; SymbolismThe unicorn’s head is the crest of the Chief of Stewart of Appin, to which has been added the gold star on red of the Sutherlands. |
MottoBlazonO’ER THE SEA YET HOME; SymbolismThe sentence is an indication of Mr. Stewart's family immigration to Canada from Scotland. As is the custom of Scottish mottoes, it answers the motto of the Chief, Quhidder will zie, or Whither will ye. |
Flag of Robert Bruce Gordon StewartBlazonA guidon, the Arms in hoist, the fly Gules charged with the Badge; SymbolismThe symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record. |
Badge of Robert Bruce Gordon StewartBlazonOn a torteau the Crest, all encircled by an annulus Azure edged and inscribed with the Motto and surmounting an eagle’s feather Argent; SymbolismThe symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on March 4, 2006 in Volume 140, page 430 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Bruce Patterson, Saguenay Herald, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterGordon Macpherson CalligrapherHeather Taylor Recipient TypeIndividual |