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RICHARD, lieutenant-général François, (1934-1992)
Premier vice-chancelier d’armes de l’AHC; il contribua grandement à orienter cette nouvelle institution pendant ces premières années d’existence. Ayant reçu une concession d’armoiries en 1989, il travailla avec le héraut d’armes du Canada à établir des brisures convenables pour ses enfants. Il fut nommé compagnon honoraire de la SRHC en 1989.
Ref: Robert Watt, “François Richard: an appreciation / François Richard un témoignage” in HC, June 1992, p. 2-4.
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As first Deputy Herald Chancellor, Lieutenant-General François Richard made a major contribution to the early development of the CHA. After receiving a grant of arms in 1989, he worked with the Chief Herald of Canada to find suitable differencing for his children. He was named Honorary Fellow of the HSC in 1989.
ROKEBY-THOMAS, The Reverend Howard R. (1907-1995)
Born in Eastcombe, Gloucestershire, England, he was a regular contributor to Heraldry in Canada from 1970 to 1987. He was named a Fellow of the RHSC in 1979 and was granted arms by Lyon Court, Edinburgh, in 1970.
Ref: http://www.heraldry.ca/misc/bios/bio_rokeby-thomas.htm; HC, Sept. 1971, p. 11, 13; Sept. 1995, p.4-5; Campbell, Index (Bibliog.), p. 348.
ROSEWARNE, Robert Victor (1925-1974)
Robert Rosewarne was a founder of the HSC and a member of its first board of directors. He designed badges and regimental accoutrements for the Canadian Army in the 1950’s, and in 1962, conceived the entire set for the impressive Canadian Army Tattoo presented in 40 Canadian cities and at the Seattle World Fair. In 1967, he was on the Editorial Board of Heraldry in Canada, with responsibility for the layout of the journal. A year later, he joined the Public Archives of Canada as Chief of Exhibitions and Extension Services. He designed the layout and personally mounted the exhibits in the 1969 display Heraldic Art in Canada researched by Auguste Vachon and on view at the Public Archives of Canada for that year’s Annual General Meeting. He studied calligraphy under Yvonne Diceman, one of the illustrators and calligrapher of the Korea Book of Remembrance and creator of the actual Canada Flag Proclamation on parchment now in Library and Archives Canada.
Ref: MacDonald, Dictionary Canadian Artists (Bibliog.).
ROY-AUDY, Jean-Baptiste (1778-ca.1848)
Ce menuisier, ébéniste, charron, peintre d’art religieux, portraitiste et peintre itinérant ornait d’armoiries les voitures qu’il fabriquait.
Réf : http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/roy_audy_jean_baptiste_7F.html, consulté le 4 avril 2014.
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Jean-Baptiste ROY-AUDY was a woodworker, cabinet-maker, wheelwright, religious painter, portrait painter and itinerant artist who decorated the carriages he built with coats of arms.
Ref: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/roy_audy_jean_baptiste_7E.html, consulted 4 April 2014.
ROY, Pierre-Georges (1870-1953)
Nommé premier archiviste de la province de Québec en 1926, il fut rédacteur du recueil de documents : Lettres de noblesse, généalogies, érections de comtés et baronnies insinuées par le Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France, Beauceville, L'Eclaireur [Archives de la province de Québec], 1920, 2 vols, une source de renseignement importante pour les familles nobles de la Nouvelle-France et leurs armoiries. En 1895, il fonda le Bullletin des recherches historiques, qu’il dirigea jusqu’à 1948, une revue très consultée pour ses renseignements sur la noblesse et l’héraldique.
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Pierre-Georges Roy was appointed the first archivist of the Province of Quebec in 1926. He compiled and edited Lettres de noblesse, généalogies, érections de comtés et baronnies insinuées par le Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (Beauceville : L'Eclaireur [Archives de la province de Québec], 1920), 2 vols, an important source of information on noble families and their coats of arms for the period of New France. In 1895, he founded the Bulletin des recherches historiques, which he edited until 1948, a journal much consulted for genealogical and heraldic information.
ROY, Régis (1864-1944)
Historien et fonctionnaire né à Ottawa, il fut coauteur avec Édouard-Zotique MASSICOTTE de l’Armorial du Canada français (Bibliog.).
Réf: http://www.crccf.uottawa.ca/fonds/P245.html, consulté le 20 avril 2013.
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Public servant and historian born in Ottawa, Régis Roy was coauthor with Édouard-Zotique MASSICOTTE of Armorial du Canada français (Bibliog.).
RUCH, John Edwin (1929-2007)
Born in Willoughby Township, near Niagara Falls; died in Ottawa. He studied fine arts at the University of Toronto and at the Courtauld Institute, London University, England. His major interests were art history and genealogy, which he pursued actively throughout his life. Europe provided him with a wealth of opportunity to explore his interest in heraldry, which was a natural extension to his interest in fine arts. Upon his return to Canada, he was naturally attracted to the HSC and was an assiduous contributor to HC. He was Master of the Roll of the RHSC from 1986 to 2007, work that he greatly enjoyed devoting much time studying the arms submitted to ensure their accuracy and eligibility. In 1996, he was interim editor of Gonfanon, newsletter of the RHSC, and, from1988 to 2000; was editor of The Heraldist, newsletter of the Ottawa Valley Branch of the RHSC. He was named an honorary Fellow of the HSC in 1989 and a Fellow in 1998 as well as an honorary life member of the Ottawa Valley Branch of the HSC in1994. He was granted arms by the CHA in 1990.
Ref: http://www.heraldry.ca/misc/bios/bio_ruch.htm; Gonfanon (Spring 2007), p. 10; Campbell, Index (Bibliog.), p. 352.
Premier vice-chancelier d’armes de l’AHC; il contribua grandement à orienter cette nouvelle institution pendant ces premières années d’existence. Ayant reçu une concession d’armoiries en 1989, il travailla avec le héraut d’armes du Canada à établir des brisures convenables pour ses enfants. Il fut nommé compagnon honoraire de la SRHC en 1989.
Ref: Robert Watt, “François Richard: an appreciation / François Richard un témoignage” in HC, June 1992, p. 2-4.
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As first Deputy Herald Chancellor, Lieutenant-General François Richard made a major contribution to the early development of the CHA. After receiving a grant of arms in 1989, he worked with the Chief Herald of Canada to find suitable differencing for his children. He was named Honorary Fellow of the HSC in 1989.
ROKEBY-THOMAS, The Reverend Howard R. (1907-1995)
Born in Eastcombe, Gloucestershire, England, he was a regular contributor to Heraldry in Canada from 1970 to 1987. He was named a Fellow of the RHSC in 1979 and was granted arms by Lyon Court, Edinburgh, in 1970.
Ref: http://www.heraldry.ca/misc/bios/bio_rokeby-thomas.htm; HC, Sept. 1971, p. 11, 13; Sept. 1995, p.4-5; Campbell, Index (Bibliog.), p. 348.
ROSEWARNE, Robert Victor (1925-1974)
Robert Rosewarne was a founder of the HSC and a member of its first board of directors. He designed badges and regimental accoutrements for the Canadian Army in the 1950’s, and in 1962, conceived the entire set for the impressive Canadian Army Tattoo presented in 40 Canadian cities and at the Seattle World Fair. In 1967, he was on the Editorial Board of Heraldry in Canada, with responsibility for the layout of the journal. A year later, he joined the Public Archives of Canada as Chief of Exhibitions and Extension Services. He designed the layout and personally mounted the exhibits in the 1969 display Heraldic Art in Canada researched by Auguste Vachon and on view at the Public Archives of Canada for that year’s Annual General Meeting. He studied calligraphy under Yvonne Diceman, one of the illustrators and calligrapher of the Korea Book of Remembrance and creator of the actual Canada Flag Proclamation on parchment now in Library and Archives Canada.
Ref: MacDonald, Dictionary Canadian Artists (Bibliog.).
ROY-AUDY, Jean-Baptiste (1778-ca.1848)
Ce menuisier, ébéniste, charron, peintre d’art religieux, portraitiste et peintre itinérant ornait d’armoiries les voitures qu’il fabriquait.
Réf : http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/roy_audy_jean_baptiste_7F.html, consulté le 4 avril 2014.
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Jean-Baptiste ROY-AUDY was a woodworker, cabinet-maker, wheelwright, religious painter, portrait painter and itinerant artist who decorated the carriages he built with coats of arms.
Ref: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/roy_audy_jean_baptiste_7E.html, consulted 4 April 2014.
ROY, Pierre-Georges (1870-1953)
Nommé premier archiviste de la province de Québec en 1926, il fut rédacteur du recueil de documents : Lettres de noblesse, généalogies, érections de comtés et baronnies insinuées par le Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France, Beauceville, L'Eclaireur [Archives de la province de Québec], 1920, 2 vols, une source de renseignement importante pour les familles nobles de la Nouvelle-France et leurs armoiries. En 1895, il fonda le Bullletin des recherches historiques, qu’il dirigea jusqu’à 1948, une revue très consultée pour ses renseignements sur la noblesse et l’héraldique.
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Pierre-Georges Roy was appointed the first archivist of the Province of Quebec in 1926. He compiled and edited Lettres de noblesse, généalogies, érections de comtés et baronnies insinuées par le Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (Beauceville : L'Eclaireur [Archives de la province de Québec], 1920), 2 vols, an important source of information on noble families and their coats of arms for the period of New France. In 1895, he founded the Bulletin des recherches historiques, which he edited until 1948, a journal much consulted for genealogical and heraldic information.
ROY, Régis (1864-1944)
Historien et fonctionnaire né à Ottawa, il fut coauteur avec Édouard-Zotique MASSICOTTE de l’Armorial du Canada français (Bibliog.).
Réf: http://www.crccf.uottawa.ca/fonds/P245.html, consulté le 20 avril 2013.
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Public servant and historian born in Ottawa, Régis Roy was coauthor with Édouard-Zotique MASSICOTTE of Armorial du Canada français (Bibliog.).
RUCH, John Edwin (1929-2007)
Born in Willoughby Township, near Niagara Falls; died in Ottawa. He studied fine arts at the University of Toronto and at the Courtauld Institute, London University, England. His major interests were art history and genealogy, which he pursued actively throughout his life. Europe provided him with a wealth of opportunity to explore his interest in heraldry, which was a natural extension to his interest in fine arts. Upon his return to Canada, he was naturally attracted to the HSC and was an assiduous contributor to HC. He was Master of the Roll of the RHSC from 1986 to 2007, work that he greatly enjoyed devoting much time studying the arms submitted to ensure their accuracy and eligibility. In 1996, he was interim editor of Gonfanon, newsletter of the RHSC, and, from1988 to 2000; was editor of The Heraldist, newsletter of the Ottawa Valley Branch of the RHSC. He was named an honorary Fellow of the HSC in 1989 and a Fellow in 1998 as well as an honorary life member of the Ottawa Valley Branch of the HSC in1994. He was granted arms by the CHA in 1990.
Ref: http://www.heraldry.ca/misc/bios/bio_ruch.htm; Gonfanon (Spring 2007), p. 10; Campbell, Index (Bibliog.), p. 352.