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Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton
Montreal, Quebec
Registration of Arms
July 30, 1995
Vol. III, p. 25
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a fess Gules between a dexter hand fessways proper holding a cross crosslet fitchée Azure in dexter chief and a tower embattled Gules in sinister chief and a gauntlet fessways Azure grasping a maple leaf slipped Gules in base, a parliamentary mace fessways Or;
Crest
Issuant from the waves of the sea proper a tower embattled Gules;
Motto
I TRUST IN GOD;
Symbolism
Arms
Senator Macnaughton received his arms from the Lord Lyon King of Arms, who based the shield on the arms of the Chief of the Clan Macnaughton, which contain a hand holding a cross crosslet fitchée and a tower. The mace refers to Senator’s Macnaughton’s service as Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada.
Crest
The symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record.
Motto
Following the Scottish tradition, this sentence answers the Clan Chief’s motto, which is “I hope in God”.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 23, 1996, in Volume 130, page 3278 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept by Malcolm Innes of Edingight and Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Painter
Gordon Macpherson
Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge
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, 2 June 1988.