The Viceregal Lion
  1. The Governor General of Canada
Heraldry Today

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Laurence Kent Sweeney

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Grant of Arms and Badge
November 26, 1991
Vol. II, p. 58

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Blazon

Arms

Or on a fess wavy between three boars passant Azure a dolphin naiant Or;

Crest

A seaboar hauriant parted per fess Azure and Or and holding between the hooves an anchor Or;

Motto

NOLITE DEDERE. This Latin phrase means "Do not surrender".

Badge

A hurt fimbriated and charged with a seaboar hauriant holding between the hooves an anchor all Or;


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 July 25, 1992, in Volume 126, page 2302 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Charles Maier, Athabaska Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Joan Bouwmeester

Calligrapher
Joan Bouwmeester


Recipient Information

Individual