Lafontaine_Baronets

Lafontaine baronets

Lafontaine baronets

Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

The Lafontaine (or La Fontaine) Baronetcy, of the City of Montreal in the County of Montreal, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 August 1854 for the Canadian statesman Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine.[1] The title became extinct on the early death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1867.

Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, 1st Baronet

Lafontaine (or La Fontaine) baronets, of the City of Montreal (1854)

Arms

Coat of arms of Lafontaine baronets
Crest
Upon a Rock, a Stone Fountain proper.
Escutcheon
Azure, on a Fess Argent, an open Book surmounting a Sword bendwise proper, between two Maple Leaves Vert, in chief a Cubit-Arm fesswise proper, vested, cuffed and holding a Pair of Scales Argent, and in base on a Mount Vert, a Beaver proper.
Motto
FONS ET ORIGO (Source and origin)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "No. 21588". The London Gazette. 29 August 1858. p. 2668.
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