Roger Lindsay
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Roger Alexander Lindsay of Craighall, Baron of Craighall, KStJ, FSA Scot is a Chartered Accountant [ Institute of CA of Scotland ] who is also Rouge Herald of Arms Extraordinary at the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
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Lindsay is an Aide-de-Camp to The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and is also the Chief of Protocol of the Priory of Canada of Order of St John and is a trustee, director, and secretary of the W Garfield Weston Foundation. He has served as both a national trustee of The Presbyterian Church in Canada and as convener of the Board of Governors of Knox College, in the University of Toronto. He holds the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and the long-time service medal of Order of St John. He was created Rouge Herald Extraordinary on 27 October 2006. [1] He has also been awarded The Vice Regal Commendation and The Chancellor's Commendation [ of St. John Canada ]. He has recently been appointed as the Honorary Colonel of The Windsor Regiment [RCAC].
[edit] Coat of arms
Lindsay was granted a coat of arms by Lord Lyon King of Arms. The shield is blazoned Gules a Fess chequy Azure and Argent between a Lion passant guardant and a Pot of three growing Lilies Argent. He was also granted the crest of the Head Neck and Wings of a Swan Or charged with a Maple Leaf Gules and the motto "Festina Lente".[2] This translates to "hasten slowly."
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- ^ Press Release from the Office of the Governor General of Canada
- ^ Public Register of All Arms and Bearings of Scotland, Volume 71, Folio 32