- The Governor General of Canada
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Alan Rockwell Abraham
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Registration of Arms and Supporters
February 26, 1997
Vol. III, p. 154
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a saltire couped Azure a garb Or between in pale two roses Gules barbed and seeded proper and in fess as many wheels Sable;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet its finials composed of thistles and fleurs-de-lys Or a boar's head erect Azure langued and tusked Or;
Supporters
On a compartment comprising granite rocks per pale with a grassy mount growing therefrom two thistles and as many sprigs of maple leaves all proper dexter a fisherman of Nova Scotia holding in the dexter hand a cod proper sinister a unicorn Argent crined tufted and unguled and gorged with a coronet composed of Crosses paty and fleurs-de-lys a chain affixed thereto passing through the forelegs and reflexed over the back Or;
Motto
TOUTE CHOSE AVEC MESURE, meaning "All things in moderation";
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 22, 1997, in Volume 131, page 3590 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
Painter
Artist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Individual
Lieutenant-Governor
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 19 December 1986.