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Montreal, Quebec
Registration of Arms
July 30, 1995
Vol. III, p. 25
Arms of Alan Aylesworth MacnaughtonBlazonArgent on a fess Gules between a dexter hand fessways proper holding a cross crosslet fitchée Azure in dexter chief and a tower embattled Gules in sinister chief and a gauntlet fessways Azure grasping a maple leaf slipped Gules in base, a parliamentary mace fessways Or; SymbolismSenator Macnaughton received his arms from the Lord Lyon King of Arms, who based the shield on the arms of the Chief of the Clan Macnaughton, which contain a hand holding a cross crosslet fitchée and a tower. The mace refers to Senator’s Macnaughton’s service as Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada. |
CrestBlazonIssuant from the waves of the sea proper a tower embattled Gules; SymbolismThe symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record. |
MottoBlazonI TRUST IN GOD; SymbolismFollowing the Scottish tradition, this sentence answers the Clan Chief’s motto, which is “I hope in God”. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on November 23, 1996 in Volume 130, page 3278 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept by Malcolm Innes of Edingight and Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority PainterGordon Macpherson CalligrapherJudith Bainbridge Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2 June 1988. |