- The Governor General of Canada
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Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
Victoria, British Columbia
Grant of Arms and Supporters
October 17, 1990
Vol. II, p. 49
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Blazon
Arms
Argent three battle axes Azure within a tressure érablé counter-érablé Gules;
Crest
Rising from a mount Vert a beacon Sable fired Gules;
Supporters
Upon a mount Vert rising above waves of the sea Azure crested Argent dexter a black tailed deer Ermine attired Or gorged with a collar of holly leaves Vert fructed Gules, pendant therefrom a plate charged with representation of a globe on a stand Azure, sinister a cougar Ermine armed Or gorged with a like collar and plate charged with an open book Argent bound Azure;
Motto
HONOUR AND COURTESY;
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 Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Anatol Kozlowski
Calligrapher
John Whitehead
Recipient Information
Individual
Territorial Commissioner