- The Governor General of Canada
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Anthony Clunn Crawford
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Registration of Arms
March 15, 2019
Vol. VII, p. 153
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Blazon
Arms
Gules on a fess wavy Ermine a lion passant Or armed and langued Gules, on a chief wavy Argent between two annulets Sable a pale Azure charged with a deer’s head caboshed, all within a bordure Or;
Crest
A Newfoundland partridge holding in its beak a sprig of rue proper, standing on a mount Vert;
Motto
BE JUST AND FEAR NOT;
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The red field and the ermine fess are traditional elements of Crawford arms. The deer’s head caboshed is one of the traditional Crawford crests. The gold border is a mark of a second son in Scottish heraldry.
Crest
The Newfoundland partridge recalls the home province of Mr. Crawford.
Motto
BE JUST AND FEAR NOT;
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 23, 2019, in Volume 153, page 1082 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available.
Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Individual
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 July 1949.