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

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Campbell James Stuart

Montréal, Quebec
Grant of Arms
January 21, 1998
Vol. III, p. 215

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Blazon

Arms

Or a fess chequy Azure and Argent cotised Azure and on a canton also Azure a Loyalist civil coronet Or;

Crest

Issuant from behind a fasces in fess a demi lion rampant wearing a Loyalist civil coronet Or grasping in the dexter paw a thistle slipped and leaved proper;

Motto

JUSTITIAE PROPOSITIQUE TENAX. This Latin phrase means "Tenacious of justice and firm of purpose".


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 January 30, 1999, in Volume 133, page 180 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Graham Anderson, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Gordon Macpherson

Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet


Recipient Information

Individual