- The Governor General of Canada
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Robert Lloyd George Macphail
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Grant of Arms and Supporters
August 28, 1989
Vol. I, p. 36
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Blazon
Arms
Or a lymphad under full sail Azure the sail charged with an oak tree Argent the oars and pennons Gules;
Crest
Rising from a coronet of oak leaves Vert set on a rim Argent a demi lion Argent langued and armed Azure holding in its dexter forepaw a cross crosslet fitchée Gules;
Supporters
Dexter a race horse Or gorged with a silk collar Azure pendant therefrom a chaplet of potato leaves Vert and potato flowers Gules and sinister a fox Gules with underportions tail tip and ear linings Or gorged with a coronet composed alternately of cross crosslets and thistle flowers Argent all upon a compartment of a grassy meadow divided by a pale Azure fimbriated Argent on either side an oak sapling sprouting bearing a chickadee bird (Parus atricapillus) proper;
Motto
EX VIRIBUS FAMILIAE MINISTERIUM CIVITATI. This Latin phrase means "Drawing from the resources of one's family, to put oneself in the service of the state".
Symbolism
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