- The Governor General of Canada
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Gordon Douglas Fenton
New York, New York, United States of America
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge
May 15, 2007
Vol. V, p. 141
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Blazon
Badge
A turtle tergiant Gules on a Canterbury cross Or;
Symbolism
Badge
The Canterbury cross indicates that Fr. Fenton is an Anglican priest, and the addition of it to the turtle motif – with its personal associations and a tangential invocation of Native spirituality – celebrates both the catholicity and the fundamental unity of Fr. Fenton’s own world view.