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John Alexander MacPherson

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Registration of Arms
August 3, 1995
Vol. III, p. 62

Letters Patent registering the Arms of John Alexander MacPherson
Letters Patent registering the Arms of John Alexander MacPherson Letters Patent registering the Arms of John Alexander MacPherson

Letters Patent registering the Arms of John Alexander MacPherson

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Or 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;

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Crest of John Alexander MacPherson

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A 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;

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Motto of John Alexander MacPherson

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BEAR FREE AND PATIENT THOUGHTS;

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Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on November 23, 1996 in Volume 130, page 3278 of the Canada Gazette.

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