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William McKenzie Youngs

Etobicoke, Ontario
Registration of Arms
May 22, 1992
Vol. II, p. 141

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Blazon

Arms

Azure three piles Argent each charged of an escutcheon Gules in base a stag's head caboshed Or;

Crest

A dexter hand couped palewise proper grasping three lightning bolts Gules;

Motto

DUTY · LOYALTY;


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 2303 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 Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 November 1985.