- The Governor General of Canada
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Walter Donald Ridley Eldon
Ottawa, Ontario
Registration of Arms
November 30, 2000
Vol. IV, p. 73
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Blazon
Arms
Azure an eagle displayed Or, beaked and legged Gules, grasping in each claw a flax-breaker Or, on a chief chequy Vert and Or a pale also Or, thereon an antique lamp Azure enflamed proper;
Crest
On a mount Vert between two sprigs of flax flowered proper a beaver sejant erect Or murally crowned Gules holding between the forepaws the head of an eel-spear prongs downwards Azure;
Motto
IN DEO CONFIDO;
Symbolism
Arms
Not available.
Crest
Not available.
Motto
This Latin phrase means "I trust in God."
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 24, 2001, in Volume 135, page 939 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
Painter
* Not available / Non disponible
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.