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Everard Moroni Kennedy

Guelph, Ontario
Registration of Arms
July 28, 1996
Vol. III, p. 114

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Blazon

Arms

Argent on a chevron Gules between in chief two cross-crosslets fitchée Sable and in base a bull's head caboshed proper a Bible expanded proper binding and fore-edges Or;

Crest

A dolphin hauriant parted per fess Or and Vert;

Motto

THOUGHTFUL SPEECH OR SILENCE;


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 Sir James Monteith Grant, Lord Lyon King of Arms, and Darrel Kennedy.

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, 1 February 1989.

The recipient's emblems were subsequently recorded in the name of his son, Douglas Wayne Kennedy, in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, Volume V, page 23, 20 April 2006.