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Québec, Lower Canada
Registration of Arms and Supporters
August 15, 2012
Vol. VI, p. 174
Arms of John ColborneBlazonArgent on a chevron between three bugle horns stringed Sable three mullets Argent on a chief embattled Gules the Army Gold Cross with clasps proper between two mural crowns Or; SymbolismNot available; |
CrestBlazonIssuant from a mural crown Or a reindeer’s head Argent attired Or between a branch of laurel and a branch of palm proper; SymbolismNot available; |
MottoBlazonSPERAT INFESTIS. SymbolismThis Latin phrase means “He hopes in adversity”. |
SupportersBlazonDexter a soldier of Her Majesty’s 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot holding a musket, sinister an Indigenous person holding in the dexter hand a tomahawk and in the sinister hand a spear proper; SymbolismNot available; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on March 23, 2013 in Volume 147, page 537 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Not available PainterArtist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeIndividual Special DesignationLieutenant Governor Other InformationThe recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 9 April 1839 (Arms) and 12 April 1839 (Supporters). |