XVI. The Union Flags of the United States 170
XVII. The Jack and Parliamentary Union in Britain 182
XVIII. The Jack and Parliamentary Union in Canada 189
XIX. The Union Jack of George III., 1801 199
XXII. Under the Three Crosses in Canada 235
XXVI. The Jacks in Red, White and Blue Ensigns 272
XXVII. The Union Ensigns of the British Empire 280
Appendix B. Letters from the Private Secretary of His Majesty King Edward VII. 298
Appendix D. A Record of the "Diamond Anthem" 300
7. Colours of 10th Royal Grenadiers, Canada 39
9. The Borough Seal of Lyme Regis, 1284 46
13. Scotch "Talle Shippe," 16th Century 67
14. Royal Arms of England, Henry V., 1413, to Elizabeth 71
18. Commonwealth Twenty-Shilling Piece 87
25. The Red Ensign in "The Margent," 1707 125
27. The Assault at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec, 1759 130
33. Medal of Queen's First Visit to Ireland 149
34. The Throne of Queen Victoria in the House of Lords, 1900 150
36. Medal of Louis XIV., "_Kebeca Liberata_," 1690 165
44. Fort George and the Port of New York in 1770 187
46. The Great Seal of Upper Canada, 1792 195
51. Outline Jack--The Proper Proportions of the Crosses 209
52. The Union Jack and Shackleton at Farthest South 213
55. Flag of a French Caravel, 16th Century 223
59. The Combat between _La Surveillante_ and the _Quebec_, 1779 229
60. Ensign of 7th Royal Fusiliers, 1775 230
63. The Service Medal, Canada, 1866-1870 237
64. The North-West Canada Medal, 1885 240
65. Flag of the Governor-General of Canada 259
66. Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec 260
PLATE I. _Frontispiece_ 1. English Jack--St. George's Crosse. 2. Scottish Jack--St. Andrew's Crosse. 3. Irish Jack--St. Patrick's Crosse.
PLATE II. 22 1. Germany. 2. Italy. 3. Greece. 4. Hawaii. 5. Champlain, 1608. 6. French from 1794.
PLATE III. 76 1. The Percys' Ensign, 1560. 2. Union Jack of James I., 1606. 3. Colonial Union Jack, 1701.
PLATE IV. 92 1. Commonwealth Ensign, 1648. 2. Cromwell's "Great Union," 1658. 3. Ensign Red--Charles II., 1660.
PLATE V. 118 1. Union Jack of Anne, 1707. 2. Red Ensign of Anne, 1707. 3. Union Jack of George III., 1801.
PLATE VI. 174 1. Grand Union, 1776. 2. United States, 1777. 3. United States, 1909.
PLATE VII. 218 1. Present Union Jack upside down. 2. Jack wrongly made. 3. Jack wrongly made.