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   THORNTON, Benjamin Carter   

THORNTON, Benjamin Carter



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Arms: Quarterly Vert and Argent, a Celtic cross throughout counterchanged.
Crest: Issuant from a circlet of trilliums and mayflowers proper, a demi-lion Argent charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis and holding in its dexter paw a branch of six maple leaves Vert.
Motto: SAEPE RIDETE BENEQUE ("Laugh often and well")
Badge:
On a roundel per pale Vert and Argent a branch of six maple leaves counterchanged.
A quill pen surmounted in base by two thorn branches in saltire Vert.
 
Source: Canadian Heraldic Authority, Ottawa, July 15, 2009. Vol. V, p.457.
Artist(s): Ilona Jurkiewicz
Calligrapher(s): Doris Wionzek
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