- The Governor General of Canada
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James Crawford
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Registration of Arms
March 15, 2019
Vol. VII, p. 152
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Blazon
Arms
Gules on a fess wavy Ermine a lion passant Or armed and langued Gules, on a chief wavy Argent between two annulets Sable a pale Azure charged with a deer’s head caboshed Or;
Crest
A Newfoundland partridge holding in its beak a sprig of rue proper and standing on a mount Vert;
Motto
BE JUST AND FEAR NOT;
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The red field and the ermine fess are traditional elements of Crawford arms. The deer’s head caboshed is one of the traditional Crawford crests.
Crest
The Newfoundland partridge recalls the home province of Mr. Crawford.
Motto
BE JUST AND FEAR NOT;