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Allan Donald Hood

Grafton, Ontario
Registration of Arms
February 2, 1998
Vol. III, p. 231

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Blazon

Arms

Gules a triquetra Or on a chief Argent two boars' heads couped proper armed Or langued Gules, all within a bordure counter-compony Argent and Azure;

Motto

EXPECTANS EXPECTAVI. This Latin phrase means "With expectation, I have waited".


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 July 22, 2000, in Volume 134, page 2262 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Not available

Painter
Linda Nicholson

Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis


Recipient Information

Individual

View all Letters Patent for Allan Donald Hood

The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 29 June 1995.