History of the Union Jack and Flags of the EmpireCumberland, Barlow
History
History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire
Cumberland, Barlow
Emblems -- Great Britain; Flags -- Great Britain
Brian Boru, legend, 146;
harp, 148.
British Constitution, expansion told by Jack, 186;
in Canada, 189, 196;
government under, 253;
other colonies, 262.
Broom carried by Tromp, 108.
Bruce, Robert, banner, 65.
Bunker Hill, flag raised at, 174.
C
Cabot, 51, 58, 153.
Cambridge, grand union, 97.
Canada comes under British flag, 25, 132;
reconciliation, 133;
invaded, 135;
evolution of inhabitants, 189;
wars, 136, 235, 240, 293.
Canadian Ensign, created, 283;
full meaning, 287.
Cantons, quarters of flag, 12.
Cape of Good Hope, Dutch, 103;
British, 131.
Cappadocia, birthplace St. George, 41.
Champlain, 25, 154.
Chapleau, Sir Adolphe, 137.
Chateauguay, battle of, 214, 237.
Charles I., proclamation, 82.
Charles II., proclamation, 89;
flags changed, 95;
fresco, 97.
Cockade, origin tricolour, 26.
College of Arms, draft Queen Anne, 120;
draft George III., 200.
Colonial contingents, Havana, 168;
South Africa, 242.
Colonial flags, Union Jack, 121;
first authorized, 280;
white escutcheon on, 281;
blue ensign, 283;
broader significance, 289.
Colours, British regiments, 40;
French, 25;
New England companies, 160.
Commonwealth Ensign, 93, 101;
salute claimed, 107;
in America, 161.
Constantine the Great, 42, 144.
Constantius Chlorus, harp on labarum, 143.
Constitution of United States, adopted, 247;
government under, 254.
Consuls' flags, 265.
Cornette blanche, Joan of Arc, 25.
Counterchanged Scottish and Irish crosses, 217;
controversy, 203.
Cromwell's Jack, 88;
in America, 161.
Cross, red, St. George, 34, 41, 44;
red, France, 34;
white, France, 223;
white, Austria, 44;
white, Greece, 24, 44;
white, St. John, 23, 45;
yellow Italy, 34;
black, Germany, 34;
yellow, Sweden, 44;
green, Flanders, 34;
blue, Norway, 44;
white saltire, St. Andrew, 64;
blue saltire, Russia, 70;
red saltire, St. Patrick, 141.
Crosses, objections to use in flag, 158, 164;
requirements for entry in Union Jack, 186;
proportions in, 127, 205, 232;
wrongly made, 218;
how correctly made, 219.
Crusaders' crosses, 84;
of nations engaged, 44.
D
Declaration of Independence, United States, 177, 246.
De Salaberry, 237.
Designers' Union Jack of 1707, 119;
of 1800, 200.
Diamond Jubilee Anthem, accompanying the sun, 300;
places sung at, 311.
Dominion Ensigns, additional, 284;
Canadian, 286;
Australian, 288;
New Zealand, 288;
added meanings, 289.
Douglas, Fredk., contrasts liberty, 251.
Dragon, legend St. George, 42, 48, 49.
Drumbeat following the hours, 290;
ideal changed to fact, 309.
Dufferin, Lord, 19, 261.
Dutch, sea rivalry, 58, 105, 111.
Dutch flag, 58;
in America, 155.
E
Eagle emblems, 15, 43.
East India Company flag, 174.
Edgar, Lord of Ocean, 55.
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