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Peter Douglas Hannen
Stanbridge, Quebec
Registration of Arms
March 25, 1992
Vol. II, p. 88
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Blazon
Arms
Quarterly Gules and Or on a bend Sable three ermine points bendways between two cotises all Argent;
Crest
A circlet of sixteen Indigenous arrowheads Sable (seven and two halves visible) issuant therefrom a cross patée Gules fleury at the tips Or charged of a cross crosslet fitchée also Or;
Motto
UTILE ET CONTENT, meaning "Useful and content";
Symbolism
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Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on July 25, 1991, in Volume 126, page 2303 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
Painter
Donald Hallman
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Individual
View all Letters Patent for Peter Douglas Hannen
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 29 March 1989.