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Gordon Hamilton Southam

Ottawa, Ontario
Registration of Crest, Motto and Badge
July 1, 1993
Vol. II, p. 302

Arms of Gordon Hamilton Southam
Badge of Gordon Hamilton Southam
Arms of Gordon Hamilton Southam

Arms of Gordon Hamilton Southam

Blazon

Per fess Azure and Or in chief three torches erect Or enflamed proper and in base an elk's head caboshed proper and at the honour point a martlet Azure;

Crest of Gordon Hamilton Southam

Blazon

In front of two torches in saltire Or enflamed Proper a maple leaf also Proper;

Motto of Gordon Hamilton Southam

Blazon

HONOR · VERITAS · JUSTICIA. This Latin phrase means "Honour, truth, justice".
Badge of Gordon Hamilton Southam

Badge of Gordon Hamilton Southam

Blazon

A maple leaf slipped Vert between dexter a rose Gules barbed and seeded and sinister a thistle both leaved and slipped all proper their stems tied with a riband Vert;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on December 3, 1994 in Volume 128, page 4582 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of Gordon Hamilton Southam

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Not available

Painter

David Farrar

Calligrapher

Judith Bainbridge

Recipient Type

Individual

Notes

The recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 2 November 1938.