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William McGillivray

Montréal, Lower Canada
Registration of Arms
August 15, 2012
Vol. VI, p. 166

Arms of  William McGillivray
Arms of  William McGillivray Arms of William McGillivray

Arms of William McGillivray

Blazon

Quarterly, 1st Or a cat sejant guardant proper, 2nd Ermine a glove fesswise proper, 3rd Argent a fish naiant in the sea proper, 4th Azure a lymphad with sails furled and oars in action Or flags Gules on a chief Or a buck’s head caboshed Sable attired between two cross-crosslets fitché Gules, the whole within a bordure per pale Gules and Argent, over all on a chief Argent floating on waves a birch bark canoe therein a European and Canadian voyageurs the latter with their paddles in action all proper in the stern a flag hoisted Gules inscribed NW in letters Or;

Symbolism

Not available;

Crest of William McGillivray

Blazon

A beaver gnawing at the trunk of a tree the branches thereof enfiled by a escrol bearing the motto PERSEVERANCE all proper;

Symbolism

Not available;

Motto de William McGillivray

Blazon

TOUCH NOT THE CAT BUT A GLOVE;

Symbolism

Not applicable;

Motto of William McGillivray

Blazon

PERSEVERANCE;

Symbolism

Not applicable;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on March 23, 2013 in Volume 147, page 536 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of William McGillivray Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of William McGillivray

Additional Information