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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Registration of Arms
August 3, 1995
Vol. III, p. 62
Letters Patent registering the Arms of John Alexander MacPhersonBlazonOr on a base barry wavy Azure and Argent a lymphad sail furled oars in action Sable flagged Gules between in dexter chief a dexter hand couped holding a dagger in pale and in sinister chief a cross crosslet fitchée Gules on a chief Azure a demi sun rayonée issuant Or all within a bordure Argent charged with three Tudor roses proper and three books expanded Gules alternating; SymbolismNot applicable |
CrestBlazonA demi cat-a-mountain rampant guardant grasping in his dexter forepaw a seax all proper and charged on the shoulder with a spur rowel Argent; SymbolismNot applicable |
MottoBlazonBEAR FREE AND PATIENT THOUGHTS; SymbolismNot applicable |
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)Not applicable PainterNot applicable CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, 9 October 1976. |