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Charles François Richard

Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms
April 11, 1991
Vol. II, p. 87

Arms of Charles François Richard

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Blazon

Arms of Charles François Richard

Per pale Argent and Azure a saltire fimbriated between two towers in fess masoned of the field in chief two fleurs-de-lys all counterchanged;

Crest

A beaver couchant Or charged with a roundel of the Arms of Office of the Deputy Herald Chancellor of the Canadian Heraldic Authority fimbriated Gules;

Motto

FAIS CE QUE DOIS, meaning "Do what must be done";


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