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Hector Philippe Jean-Claude Dubuc

Mont-Royal, Quebec
Registration of Arms
January 31, 1991
Vol. II, p. 51

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Blazon

Arms

Azure a bend bretessed between two fleurs-de-lis all Or;

Crest

Issuant from a circlet of grenades enflamed proper alternating with torteaux and pellets each charged with a Maltese cross Argent a demi-lion rampant guardant crowned with a coronet fleurdelisée and holding in its paws a torch Azure enflamed proper;

Motto

BON COEUR SOUTIENT, meaning "A good heart sustains";


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 May 4, 1991, in Volume 125, page 1485 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Not available

Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet

Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet


Recipient Information

Individual

The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 10 May 1978. The acquisition of this painting has been sponsored by the Royal Heraldry society of Canada.