- The Governor General of Canada
The contents of this Register are intended for research purposes only. The heraldic emblems found in the Register may not be reproduced in any form or in any media without the written consent of the Canadian Heraldic Authority and/or the recipient.
John Colborne
Québec, Lower Canada
Registration of Arms and Supporters
August 15, 2012
Vol. VI, p. 174
[ previous page ]
Blazon
Arms
Argent on a chevron between three bugle horns stringed Sable three mullets Argent on a chief embattled Gules the Army Gold Cross with clasps proper between two mural crowns Or;
Crest
Issuant from a mural crown Or a reindeer’s head Argent attired Or between a branch of laurel and a branch of palm proper;
Supporters
Dexter a soldier of Her Majesty’s 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot holding a musket, sinister an Indigenous person holding in the dexter hand a tomahawk and in the sinister hand a spear proper;
Motto
SPERAT INFESTIS.
Symbolism
Arms
Not available;
Crest
Not available;
Supporters
Not available;
Motto
This Latin phrase means “He hopes in adversity”.