- The Governor General of Canada
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Kenneth Andrew Roderick Macrae
Montréal, Quebec
Registration of Arms
November 15, 2024
Vol. VIII, p. 327
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a fess Azure between in chief two mullets and in base a lion rampant Gules, three beavers Argent, all within a bordure invected Or;
* The blazon in the Lyon Register does not indicate an attitude for the beavers.
Crest
A hand vambraced proper holding a Lochaber axe bendwise sinister Gules;
Motto
FADFULANG GO BRÁ;
* This is a transcription into Roman lettering of the phrase that appears in Gaelic script in the Lyon Register. The last two words are usually spelt “Go brách” or “go bráth” in Irish, and as "gu bràth” in Scottish Gaelic.
Symbolism
Arms
The white shield with a blue stripe, two red stars and a red lion are elements often found in Macrae arms. The beavers allude to Mr. Macrae’s Canadian identity. The border is a Scottish form of differencing to indicate that Mr. Macrae is a descendant of a younger son, while the scalloped line indicates that he himself was a second son.
Crest
This crest is based on that of the chief of the Scottish Clan Macrae, a forearm grasping a sword.
Motto
This expression in Irish and in Scottish Gaelic, meaning “Patient forever,” likely echoes the Macrae clan chief’s Latin motto Fortitudine, or “With fortitude,” as it was used by Mr. Macrae to mean “Fortitude forever.”