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Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

Winnipeg, Manitoba
Registration of Arms
June 1, 1999
Vol. III, p. 318

Arms of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford
Arms of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford Arms of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

Arms of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

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Quarterly first Argent a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure second Or a dexter hand couped fessways proper holding a cross-crosslet fitchée Azure third Or a lymphad sails furled and oars in action Sable flagged Gules fourth barry wavy of six Argent and Azure a salmon naiant proper over all on a fess Vert a covered cup between two sprigs of three leaves of maple slipped Or all within a bordure compony Gules and Argent;

Crest of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

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A dexter forearm paleways proper the hand holding a balance fessways together with a sprig of three leaves of maple slipped Or;

Motto of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

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PER AQUAM ET TERRAM. This Latin phrase means "Through water and through land".

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on July 22, 2000 in Volume 134, page 2264 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald Gainsford

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