- The Governor General of Canada
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Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Registration of Arms
June 1, 1999
Vol. III, p. 318
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Blazon
Arms
Quarterly first Argent a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure second Or a dexter hand couped fessways proper holding a cross-crosslet fitchée Azure third Or a lymphad sails furled and oars in action Sable flagged Gules fourth barry wavy of six Argent and Azure a salmon naiant proper over all on a fess Vert a covered cup between two sprigs of three leaves of maple slipped Or all within a bordure compony Gules and Argent;
Crest
A dexter forearm paleways proper the hand holding a balance fessways together with a sprig of three leaves of maple slipped Or;
Motto
PER AQUAM ET TERRAM. This Latin phrase means "Through water and through land".
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 2264 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not available
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, 28 May 1970.