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In the Senate Speaker's Chambers SENATE SÉNAT CANADA Heraldic SYMBOLS In the Senate Speaker’s Chambers The Speaker of the Senate of Canada takes great pleasure in welcoming you to these chambers. IntroductionWhen the Speaker is not presiding over regular sittings of the Senate or representing Parliament abroad, these quarters are the centre of the Speaker’s professional activity. This is where legislation is reviewed, speeches are prepared, and meetings are held with parliamentarians, public servants and visiting delegations from across Canada and abroad. On occasion, the Speaker offers study sessions on Canada’s Constitution to senior-level students — our country’s leaders in waiting. There is also a ceremonial function associated with the role of Speaker. In this respect, the Speaker has the honour of greeting people from all around the world and sharing some interesting yet little-known aspects of Senate life. Among the guests are foreign leaders, diplomats, academics, government officials, and people from diverse cultural communities. The Speaker is also proud to host members of the military, veterans, Indigenous peoples in Canada, and visitors from across the country. The Speaker’s chambers have long served as a stately setting for conducting parliamentary business. They echo the deliberations of men and women who served as guiding forces throughout a century and a half of Canada’s history. At the same time, they are warm and inviting. This warmth comes in part from the various woods found throughout the chambers and the deep carvings.1 Among the many points of interest in these quarters are the heraldic emblems that adorn the walls and provide accent for the historical furnishings. There is a fascinating tale to be told about these armorial bearings, the art form from which they have evolved, and the unique language created to describe them. 1 This guide is a companion booklet to Words of Wisdom in the Senate Speaker’s Chambers. The latter is a guide to Latin inscriptions carved into the woodwork of the Speaker’s chambers and drawn from the works of renowned Roman authors. https://sencanada.ca/en/about/brochure/words-of-wisdom/WordsOfWisdom-e 3 THE COLOURFUL STORY BEHIND Arms are designed In the Middle Ages knights were known to be bold. But the first chevaliers were largely unrecognizedHeraldry for their courage on the battlefield or in competition. The reason lay in the fact that their faces could not be seen behind their helmet with art and visors. Hence, an early form of identification was devised long before the advent of ID cards and microchips, one that took hold in medieval include several jousting tournaments. elements: helmets, Knights began to paint their shields with coloured symbols (called “devices”). This made it easier for the herald (the tournament announcer) to identify crests, mottoes, and the combatants by their correct names. The arms were born! Eventually, identifying devices were added to noblemen’s seals, which were supporters (usually impressed into melted wax on legal documents; to personal flags; and to the cloth surcoat draped over suits of armour (hence the term “coat of arms,” animals such as lions, usually shortened to “arms”). Arms are designed with art and include several elements: helmets, crests, horses or stags) to mottoes, and supporters (usually animals such as lions, horses or stags) to hold the shield in place. Yet something remained to be done to prevent the accidental duplication of arms. By the late Middle Ages, the monarchs of England and hold the shield France had found a solution: they appointed heralds to oversee a system that would register the identities of nobles, royal families, businesses and governing in place. bodies. Their profession became known as heraldry. The word “heraldry” comes from the term “herald” and it describes the study of arms. Given the French influence in England during the Middle Ages, the origin of many heraldic terms can be traced to archaic French words. They form a very precise language all to themselves. Indeed, a reputable heraldic artist would be able to create a reasonable facsimile of many existing arms simply by interpreting a written description, which is referred to as the “blazon.” 4 IN A CANADIAN CONTEXT Heraldry has Heraldry crossed the Atlantic when English and French explorers reached Heraldryour shores in the late 15th century. These forebears initially borrowed the heraldic devices that had been created by European authorities, using become recognized them to identify sovereign states, businesses or private citizens. The first official devices registered specifically to the “colonies” came into use as a vibrant when the heraldic authority for Scotland granted arms to Nova Scotia in 1625, and the College of Arms in London granted arms to Newfoundland expression of national in 1638. By the second half of the century, France’s authorities granted the first arms to private citizens for service to Louis XIV in New France. In the pride in the heritage 19th and 20th centuries, coats of arms were granted to Canada and each of the provinces by the heraldic authorities in Great Britain. and values that Throughout the 1900s, the popularity of heraldry in Canada spread far and wide. Municipalities, corporations, societies, the military, as well speak of Canada. as individuals, obtained grants of arms in ever-growing numbers to represent their authority, history and identity. In 1988, the Queen of Canada authorized the Governor General to establish a heraldic authority unique to this nation. This led to the creation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, to be administered from the Governor General’s official Ottawa residence, Rideau Hall. 5 “TOUR” The Vice-Regal All vice-regal representatives since Samuel de Champlain have used personal armorial bearings. Until 1952, the great majority of Governors General used inherited arms, so there was generally nothing about them personally in the designs. The first 12 Governors General appointed after Confederation are commemorated in the Gothic-style dining room, outer office and private study that make up the Speaker’s chambers. Their coats of arms are displayed in the form of plaster carvings at the top of the walls. In turn, they are separated by 32 figures in Tudor form known as “corbels.” These carvings represent allegorical characters holding escutcheons (small shields) that display the years covering each respective term in office. There was only enough room at this location to accommodate the armorial bearings of the initial group of twelve: the story that unfolds through these plaster carvings ends with the tenure of Lord Byng, who served from 1921 to 1926.2 The heraldic display contains an interesting element of historic symbolism: these were the last Governors General to be politically involved in the actual governance of Canada. Until 1926, they had been the representatives of the British government as well as the Crown. After the term of Lord Byng, the Governor General would serve Canadians strictly as the representative of the Crown, fulfilling the constitutional and ceremonial duties that the sovereign assumes as the head of state who speaks for, and acts on behalf of, the people. 2 These chambers were completed in 1922 as part of a massive restoration project. A disastrous fire had destroyed much of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in 1916, killing seven people. 6 In the following pages, the 12 titles printed in bold face are those that each vice-regal representative held at the time of his appointment in Canada. As is the case today, they were styled “Your Excellency” during their time in office. Their brief biographies are followed by the technical description of their coat of arms (or blazon). Worth noting is the way in which the various elements of the armorial bearings have been arranged within the decorative frieze of the room. Armorial bearings are generally shown with the crest on top of the shield and supporters on either side. For peers, their coronets of rank are placed directly on top of the shield, often with the crest above. In the case of the arms in this room, these elements are separated: each shield of arms is shown with one of the supporters, generally on the (viewer’s) right. The crest is placed on another shield, flanked by the other supporter, to its left. In many cases, the crest is placed on the coronet of rank, which indicates the type of peer the Governor General was (duke, marquess, earl, viscount or baron). In the following descriptions, the elements of their armorial bearings not shown in the sculptures have been indicated in italics. YOUR VISIT! Enjoy 7 (1867–1868) Lord Monck Canada’s first Governor General was Sir Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, a graduate in law who served in Britain’s Parliament as a Junior Lord of the Treasury. Lord Monck had originally been posted as Governor General of all of Britain’s provinces in North America, in 1861. He assumed the new position of Governor General of Canada when Ontario and Quebec joined New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to form the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. At the first session of Parliament the following November, His Excellency stated in the Speech from the Throne: “Your new nationality enters on its course backed by the moral support … and the most ardent good wishes of the Mother Country.” Lord Monck left Canada in 1868 and returned to his native Ireland, leaving a proud legacy as a champion of Confederation and a tireless promoter of Canadian unity. Sir John A. Macdonald wrote: “I like him amazingly and shall be very sorry when he leaves, as he has been a very prudent and efficient administrator of public affairs.” Lord Monck died in 1894. Arms: Gules a chevron between three lions’ heads erased Argent Crest (shown above the coronet of a Viscount): A dragon passant wings elevated Sable Supporters: Dexter, a dragon; sinister, a lion, both Argent and holding in the forepaw a branch of laurel resting on the shoulder fructed proper 8 (1868–1872) Lord Lisgar Sir John Young, 2nd Baronet, and 1st Baron Lisgar, was Canada’s second Governor General.
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