The Viceregal Lion
  1. The Governor General of Canada
Heraldry Today

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Joseph Fernand Jacques Andrew Cook-Jolicoeur

Westmount, Quebec
Grant of Arms
April 22, 1996
Vol. III, p. 94

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Blazon

Arms

Per pale Azure and Argent on a double bordered fusil its angles forming bastions and surmounting a chain in orle a saltire the whole counterchanged;

Crest

Issuant from a coronet rim set with fleurs-de-lys and thistles Or five ostrich plumes Argent quilled Azure;

Motto

TRUE TO THE END;


Symbolism

In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.


Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 23, 1996, in Volume 130, page 3280 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Charles Maier, Athabaska Herald, and Leopold Kurcz, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority

Painter
Eva Pilar-Cass

Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge


Recipient Information

Individual