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Richard Hugh Noyes Roberts

Vancouver, British Columbia
Registration of Arms
June 11, 1999
Vol. III, p. 321

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Blazon

Arms

Azure on a fess wavy Argent three cross crosslets Azure within a bordure Argent charged with four towers Sable and in dexter chief a maple leaf Gules;

Crest

Out of a wreath of oak autumnally tinted a Song Thrush proper in the beak a maple leaf Gules;

Motto

PROBITÉ APPORTE PAIX, meaning "Probity brings peace";


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
Gordon Macpherson

Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge


Recipient Information

Individual

View all Letters Patent for Richard Hugh Noyes Roberts

The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 30 May 1967.