- The Governor General of Canada
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Edwin John Duder
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Registration of Arms
June 15, 2015
Vol. VI, p. 509
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Blazon
Arms
Per pale, dexter, per fess indented Gules and Argent three eagles’ legs erased claws to the chief counterchanged, each grasping an escallop Or (Duder); sinister, Azure a chevron Or between in chief two bears’ heads couped Argent muzzled Gules and in base a horse courant Argent (Steed);
Crest
Upon a rock an eagle’s leg erased claws upward proper grasping an escallop Gules;
Motto
ACTA NON VERBA;
Symbolism
Arms
Not available.
Crest
Not available.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “Action not words”;
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on October 3, 2015, in Volume 149, page 2337 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 at the College of Arms, London, England, 16 July 1884. The grant document assigned to the grantee impaled arms representing him (to the dexter) and the late William Steed, father of his wife Margaret Eliza Steed (to the sinister).