- The Governor General of Canada
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John Ross Matheson
Rideau Ferry, Ontario
Registration of Arms
March 20, 1990
Vol. II, p. 17
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Blazon
Arms
Gyonny of eight Sable and Gules a lion rampant Or armed and langued Azure over all a fess Argent charged with three hawks' heads erased Gules;
Crest
Within a loyalist military coronet Or leaved Gules a dexter hand and forearm proper issuant holding a plough culter in bend Vert;
Motto
FACIO SPERO. This Latin phrase means "I do, I hope".
Symbolism
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