Lafontaine baronets

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)
  • Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, 1st Baronet (1807–1864)
  • Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine, 2nd Baronet (1862–1867)

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)
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References
  1. "No. 21588". The London Gazette. 29 August 1858. p. 2668.

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