The Viceregal Lion
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Jacques Brillant de Boisbrillant de la Durantaye

Monte Carlo
Registration of Arms
January 20, 1995
Vol. II, p. 386

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Blazon

Arms

Argent a lion passant guardant Gules;

Crest

Issuant from a circlet alternating fleurs-de-lis and Maltese crosses Or a moose's head armed Or Gules supporting between the horns a bronze cross patée proper;

Motto

BON SANG NE PEUT MENTIR, meaning "Good blood can not lie";


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 April 22, 1995, in Volume 129, page 1191 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Not available

Painter
Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres

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, 30 March 1963.