- The Governor General of Canada
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Henry Newton Rowell Jackman
Toronto, Ontario
Registration of Arms
September 10, 1992
Vol. II, p. 197
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Blazon
Arms
Per chevron Gules and Or in chief a sun between two spur-rowels also Or in base issuant from barry wavy Argent and Azure a mount Vert thereon an oak tree proper fructed Or;
Crest
A griffin segreant Gules holding in the dexter claw a representation of the mace of the House of Commons of Canada and in the sinister claw a morning star battle mace Or;
Motto
OPTIMA CONSERVA. This Latin phrase means "Preserve the best things".
Symbolism
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Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on December 5, 1992, in Volume 126, page 3669 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
Painter
Linda Nicholson
Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge
Recipient Information
Individual
Lieutenant-Governor
View all Letters Patent for Henry Newton Rowell Jackman
The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the name of his father, Henry Rutherford Jackman, the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 6 December 1955.