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Roger Alexander
Lindsay, Baron of Craighall, FSA Scot - Rouge Herald Extraordinary (Can.) |
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Registered:
The International Register of Arms, 31st
October 2006. Registration No. 0072.
Arms: Gules, a
fess chequy Azure and Argent between a lion passant guardant of the Third in
chief and a pot of three growing lilies also of the Third in base.
Crest: The head, neck and wings of a swan
Or, the neck charged of a maple leaf Gules.
Motto: FESTINA LENTE
Granted:
The Court of the Lord Lyon. Lyon Register, volume 71, folio 32. |
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The armiger is Rouge Herald Extraordinary within
the Canadian Heraldic Authority and is Chief of Protocol of the Priory of Canada
of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem wherein he
holds the Grade of Knight of Justice. He is also an Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario and Honourary Colonel of The Windsor Regiment [RCAC].
He is a Trustee, Director and Secretary of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation [
one of Canada's largest Foundations ] and is a Chartered Accountant. He is also
an Elder of the Church of Scotland and of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and
for the latter has served as both a national Trustee and as Convener of the
Board of Governors of Knox College, in the University of Toronto.
He holds the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal and the Long-time Service Medal of The
Venerable Order.
The Grant of Arms - surrounded by the Mantling for the Barony of Craighall - is
based on the shield generally representative of the members of the Clan Lindsay
with, in chief, the Lion passant guardant representing Scottish roots and of the
manner and custom of his life's traits of being vigilant in protecting together
with, in base, a Pot of three Lilies representing his city of birth - the City
and Royal Burgh of Dundee. The Crest - above the baronial chapeau - is the Swan
of the Lindsay Family embellished with the Maple Leaf of Canada.
The Motto - Festina Lente - Hasten Slowly - is indicative of methodically moving
forward as fast as is practicable.
The Badge showing in the Standard is the Trillium - representing not only the
Holy Trinity but also the provincial flower of Ontario - surrounded by a circlet
of lime leaves - indicative of the Lindsays
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