- The Governor General of Canada
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Gabriel Fairfax-Cookson
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Registration of Arms
November 15, 2017
Vol. VII, p. 13
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Blazon
Arms
Quarterly 1st and 4th per pale nebuly Or and Gules two pallets between two legs in armour all counterchanged (Cookson), 2nd and 3rd Argent a lion rampant Gules surmounted by two bars gemel Sable a canton Gules charged with a maple leaf Or (Fairfax);
Crest
A demi-lion proper gorged with a collar nebuly Gules and holding in the dexter paw a club proper, resting the sinister paw on a spur its rowel upwards Or (Cookson);
Crest
A maple leaf Or charged with a lion’s head erased Sable (Fairfax);
Symbolism
Arms
Not available.
Crest
Not available.
Crest
Not available.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 17, 2018, in Volume 152, page 899 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
Recipient Information
Individual
The recipient’s emblems were recorded at the College of Arms, London, England, 4 November 1932.