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François Richard

Ottawa, Ontario
Confirmation of impaled Arms of Office
December 15, 2010
Vol. VI, p. 16

Arms of François Richard as Deputy Herald Chancellor

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Blazon

Arms

Per pale, dexter Gules a maple tree eradicated within a bordure Argent; sinister per pale Argent and Azure a saltire fimbriated between two towers in fess masoned of the field all counterchanged;


Symbolism

Arms

The impaled shield shows the Arms of Office of the Deputy Herald Chancellor on the left marshalled with the personal arms of François Richard, granted 29 March 1989, on the right. The shield is placed on two representations of the Baton of Office of the Deputy Herald Chancellor in saltire.