The Toronto Branch of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada Patron: Sir Conrad M.J.F. Swan, KCVO, PH.D, FSA, FRHSC Garter Principle King of Arms Emeritus Volume 27, Issue 1 – MARCH 2017 ISSN: 1183-1766 WITHIN THE PAGES OF THIS ISSUE: The Honorable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, OC, OOnt The Avery Family Receives a Special Gift from the Branch 3 Arms ack in July of 2016, while attending a conference of Lieutenant Governors and Lady Heralds 4 Territorial Commissioners in Halifax, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, B OC, O.Ont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, was presented with letters patent granting her arms by the Governor General of Canada. The design process is something that she remarked on when she A Dublin Herald 5 had the opportunity to meet with our Branch for dinner earlier in the year, and how honoured and excited she was to be receiving a grant of arms. Following the formal presentation Heraldic Monsters 6 of this remarkable and beautiful grant of arms, the Toronto Branch decided to commission a table shield which would be presented to Her Honour. We Dined Together 7 This would allow her to display her own arms in her office, as well as give her an 95th Birthday Sketch 8 opportunity to show others her arms while attending various functions. The shield was designed and manufactured by LCdr (ret’d) Steven C o w e n , C D B ra n c h President of the BC / Yukon Branch. It was on display at our dinner in October for members to take a look at prior to presentation. The date of presentation to Her Honour, came in December with quite short notice. Our Branch President was granted an audience at the vice-regal suite in Toronto to present the table shield, and was accompanied by Dr. D’Arcy Boulton, UE, AIH, FRHSC Branch Director. Needless to say, Her Honour was delighted with our heraldic gift to her, and she ensured that it will be used to display her pride in Heraldry for years to come. Arms: Azure on an oval Argent environed by two branches of laurel Or, a viceroy butterfly Volant Purpure embellished Or; Crest: Issuant from a circlet of garbs Or and trillium flowers proper, a demi-globe Azure resting thereon a balance Or; Supporters: Two doves Argent beaked and legged Or each charged on the wing with an oval Purpure, that to the dexter bearing a Celtic cross, that to the sinister bearing a harp Or, and standing on a grassy mount vert; Motto: SERVIRE VITÆ IN TERRA (To serve life on earth) Pubic register of Arms, Flags & Badges; June 15, 2016 Vol. VI, p. 621 II Hogtown Heraldry HOGTOWN HERALDRY © 2017, the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, Toronto Branch unless Toronto Branch of The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada otherwise indicated. Subscription rate: National Society President free to members and associates of the Mr. Edward A. McNabb, FRHSC Branch ($15.00/annum). Our material may be quoted, unless otherwise Toronto Branch Patron indicated, without written permission Sir Conrad M.J.F. Swan, KCVO, PH.D, FSA, FRHSC in non-profit venues, but correct attribution is required. The material Branch President published in Hogtown Heraldry Dr. Jonathan S. Lofft does not necessarily represent the [email protected] views of the Society, the Branch, or Vice President the Editor. Unattributed material is the Captain Jason C. Burgoin, CD work of the Editor. All coats of arms are and remain the property of their Secretary respective armigers. Mr. Sasa Kahrimanovic We welcome your written and Treasurer artistic contributions, and they may be Mr. David Birtwistle submitted to the Editor. For general [email protected] inquiries, as well as requests for back issues, please contact the Editor. Directors Capt The Rev’d Canon Don M. Aitchison, UE Mr. Derwin J.K.W. Mak Ms. Erin Tanner Dr. D’ Arcy J.D. Boulton, UE, FRJSC. AIH. FSA Editor: Jason C. Burgoin, CD 214 London Street South, Hamilton, ON L8K 2G9 (905) 741-4998 [email protected] ROMILLY SQUIRE OSTJ, DA, FRSA 5th Annual International R S 3 May 1953 ~ 7 December 2016 Heraldry Day It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Romilly Squire of Rubislaw. Who passed away on 7 December 2016 in Edinburgh at the age of 63 years. th June 10 2017 R o m i l l y Squire was a leading International Heraldry Day heraldic painter of focuses one day a year when heraldry in all his day, and in his its forms is celebrated worldwide. prime among the world’s best. His What are you doing to celebrate armorial designs this year? Take pictures of yourself were bold yet simple, celebrating this year and send them to the layering his work editor. with elegance. 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Hogtown Heraldry III The Arms of Barbara Avery & Family Symbolisms ~ Mr. David Birtwistle Arms: Barbara is a pharmacist and the symbols on the It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce shield simply represent her favourite colour red, the balance that our daughter in law, Mrs. Barbara Lee Grace Avery pans for measuring, hanging from the arms of an ankh or (nee Scott) has received a grant of arms from The Canadian Egyptian cross which symbolizes life and the tree of life, to |Heraldic Authority (CHA), after more than four years of which she and her profession are dedicated to nurturing and intermittent correspondence with the authority. The grant preserving. It also alludes to the balance in the arms of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto from which contains arms and badge for herself and her twin female she graduated. The symmetric pans also represent her twin daughters, Ms. Sarah Margaret Avery and Ms. daughters and this symbolism is repeated in the mullets Catherine Grace Avery, reflecting their descent from both found on the chief. their mother Barbara and their father Mark through their paternal grandmother, Mrs. Joanne Avery. A separate The blue and gold on the chief and badge are Ukrainian colours, as is the tryzub, representing her maternal grant for the twins was made to Joanne for their use of her Ukrainian ancestors and these colours are also found in the Avery arms differenced appropriately. chiefly arms of Scott, her maiden name. The blue also relates The grant is dated 15 December 2015 and can be to water, symbolizing its life sustaining and recreational found in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of aspects. In addition, water is a help in shaping and serving Canada, Vol VI, p. 577. I must say, that is great heraldry! medicines prepared by a pharmacist. The central charges of a pale embowed and tryzub on the chief represent a pestle and Barbara consulted with, and was guided by Mr. Darryl mortar, the tools used by pharmacists as a help in preparing Kennedy, Assiniboine Herald. I acted as the heraldry medications. The stars also evoke the light of knowledge consultant for the family. The artwork is by Mrs. Linda gained from reading for pleasure and for purpose in the Nicholson and calligraphy by Mrs. Doris Wionzek and sciences. their work is indeed of the highest quality. Crest: The “dancing” loon recalls her roots in Kenora, being Arms: Gules an ankh surrounded by lakes and rivers with their wildlife. The tree pendant from its with two trunks symbolizes her two children from which her crossbeam two balance family will grow. It also represents those trees planted on their family property and the environmental ability to pans Or on a chief wavy provide nourishment and habitat for wildlife. Azure and argent a pale embowed inwards Or Motto: The motto appears as an emphatic statement with charged with a tryzub and connotation of energy. The concept of “balance” is an between two mullets of six overriding principle in the life of the Barbara, both profes- points Or. sionally and privately. As a pharmacist, risks are balanced with benefits of treatments, and needs versus wants of Crest: Upon a helmet clients. In other aspects of her life, rights are balanced with mantled Azure doubled Or responsibilities, work with play. Life is about achieving within a wreath of these balance to optimize enjoyment and success in all aspects of colours rising from a life. barrulet wavy Azure a loon displayed proper in front Badge: A mullet of six points Or of a bipartite maple tree charged with two barrulets wavy Gules Azure. Motto: AEQUILIBRARE VITAM (Balance Life). Continued in the next issue. IV Hogtown Heraldry of Canadian heraldry, while the maple leaf coronet indicates Lady Heralds that the granting of arms is a power exercised on behalf of ~ Dr. Bernard Juby the Crown. Grant of Arms of Dr. Boudreau Arms: Azure an orle Argent; Meanwhile, across “the Pond”, there are no less than Crest: a Panther rampant Azure incensed proper; five Lady Heralds within The Canadian Heraldic Authority Supporters: Two panthers incensed holding a girdle book under the direction of Dr.