- The Governor General of Canada
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Wilfred Joseph MacDougald
Kenyon Township, Ontario
Registration of Arms
March 20, 2020
Vol. VII, p. 236
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Blazon
Arms
Quarterly 1st per bend Argent and Azure a lion rampant per bend Gules and Argent, 2nd Or a dexter hand couped fesswise grasping a cross crosslet fitché Gules, 3rd Or a lymphad sails furled Sable above a quill pen fesswise Vert, 4th per bend Argent and Or a sprig of oak Vert fructed Or, overall on a pale Gules three barrulets Or surmounted by a sword proper hilt and pommel Or;
Crest
A lion’s gamb erased palewise Vert grasping a rod terminating in a fleur-de-lis Argent;
Motto
VINCERE VEL MORI;
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. This design with a lion, a hand holding a cross and a ship in the first three quarters is based on the Scottish arms of Macdonald, of which MacDougald is a sept. The sword in the added central stripe indicates Lieutenant-Colonel MacDougald’s service in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
Crest
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. This design is based on the crest of the Scottish arms of Macdonald, composed of a hand holding a cross.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “To conquer or to die”.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 28, 2020, in Volume 154, page 694 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available.
Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Individual
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The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 23 January 1954.