Robert Watt

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For the early-ninteenth-century Scottish physician and bibliographer, see Robert Watt (bibliographer).

Robert Douglas Watt, LVO, FRHSC (born 1945) was the first Chief Herald of Canada. He was appointed at the foundation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and was replaced by Claire Boudreau in 2007.

Watt was born in Picton, Ontario in 1945. He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 and a Master of Arts in 1968 from Carleton University. From 1969 to 1970, he was an Archivist for the Public Archives of Canada. From 1971 to 1973, he was the Vancouver City Archivist. In 1973, he was appointed Curator of History at the Vancouver Centennial Museum (now the Vancouver Museum). He became Chief Curator in 1977 and was Director from 1980 to 1988. In 1988, he was appointed Chief Herald of Canada.

Robert Watt is married to Alison Watt, the Director, University Secretariat of Simon Fraser University.

He was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2008 New Year Honours and received his insignia on May 16, 2008.

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Heraldic offices
New title Chief Herald of Canada
1988 – 2007		 Succeeded by
Claire Boudreau
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