The Viceregal Lion
  1. The Governor General of Canada
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James Roos Breithaupt

Waterloo, Ontario
Grant of Arms
October 10, 1990
Vol. II, p. 33

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Blazon

Arms

Per fess Azure and Or in chief a lion passant holding in the dexter paw the numeral 4 Or in base a rose Gules barbed Azure seeded Or within a bordure compony Argent and Gules;

Crest

A vol addorsed the dexter wing Azure the other Gules each wing charged with a pale Argent bearing two maple leaves Gules;

Motto

EMENDA UT CONSERVES. This Latin phrase means "Correct it, so that you may preserve it".


Symbolism

In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.


Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on December 1, 1990, in Volume 124, page 4066 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of James Roos Breithaupt, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Gordon Macpherson

Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge


Recipient Information

Individual