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William Collis Meredith

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1045: 471: 459: 103: 1212:"Esteemed for his high character, wide knowledge and amiable disposition", "his lofty conception of duty, his great learning, and his gentleness of character commanded the admiration and affection of the bench and bar of Quebec." Sir William Colles Meredith died 26 February 1894, aged eighty two after a short illness, and he was buried with many of his family at 25: 1110:) are going, I hope, to-night to a 'drum' at Judge Meredith's.... There was a very large party, and the house is large. I was much amused and talked to many people, among others to M. Duvergier-d'Hauranne, a young Frenchman, who is come over here to travel, and has brought a letter to the Governor-General from 1150:'s. He was offered an engagement at the Italian Opera, London. The large rooms were too small for his voice, which wants modulation. I got quite giddy with the loudness of it ! He sang from operas; he wants expression and more teaching. Judge Meredith introduced him to me, and he sang again, for me ! 1193:
was 'a gentleman with exemplary charm and manners', and 'a man of fine scholarly attainments'. He possessed 'troops' of friends and was 'held in the highest respect in the City and Province of Quebec, by all classes of the community' and even more extraordinary for the time, was described as being as
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The late Chief Justice was a diligent advocate and judge, and conscientious and painstaking in the performance of every duty. The opinions delivered by him from the bench have always been cited with the greatest respect and many of them are models of what a judicial opinion should be. They excel in
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in Canada, 'still going with his characteristic energy and ability'. Chief Justice Meredith finally retired for health reasons, in this his final office, October 1, 1884. The government did their best to keep him from resigning his post, but Meredith declined their offers to accept leave of absence
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The bullet in Scott's thigh bone lodged itself in such a way that it could not be removed by doctors, causing him great discomfort for the rest of his days. Ironically for Scott, this was exactly where he had shot Sweeney Campbell in a duel when they were students. In the early 1850s (Scott died in
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Le Juge-en-Chef est l'urbanite meme, il est attentive comme un Francais de l'ancien regime. A cette grande affabilite qui n'est nulle part plus appreciable que sur le banc d'un tribunal. Le Juge Meredith joint un savoir etendu, un tact parfait, un judgement tres sur. Il voit au fond s'egarent, les
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La retraite de M. le juge Meredith va creer un vif chagrin dans le barreau comme parmi le public. Jamais en effet un magistrat ne sut mieux se concilier leftie des avocats sans cesse en rapport avec lui et la confiance du public. Jurisconsulte eminent, magistrat dont la reputation d'honorabilite a
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1852), when both the adversaries had become judges, one of the sights then to see was Meredith helping his brother judge up the steep Court House steps, Scott being still hindered by the lameness in his leg since their encounter.
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government, a position he held for ten years. However, this meant abandoning with some reluctance the practice of a profession to which he was greatly attached, and in doing so relinquished a profitable business in
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avocats qui brouillent les faits, aux elements fondamentaux dont il faut s'inspirer pour retrouver la verite. Tout cela avec infiniment de benevolence et toutes les formes de la politesse
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with pistols against James Scott, no stranger to such events. Earlier that day, following a dispute over legal costs, Meredith challenged Scott. He chose James McGill Blackwood (son of
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in 1849, the Merediths lived at 19 St. Ursule Street, a large, three storey, brick house with room for five live-in servants. In Christmas 1853, they entertained the author
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toujours ete au-dessus du soupcon, bienveillent pour tout la monde, d'un politesse vraiment exquise, M. le juge en chef va laisser une vide bien difficile a remplir.
889:. Mrs Meredith was one of seven siblings and half-siblings, but other than her only two were married: Her brother, William Holmes, married a daughter of Colonel 1220:. Part of the inscription on his gravestone reads, "... Thoughtful consideration for others marked all his acts and made bright his daily walk through life." 1126:, William's first cousin who spent a year in Canada as Governor of Nova Scotia in 1864) rushed to me, and asked me to walk about with him, and invited us to 521:, with whom he had articled with a few years previously, Meredith joined the Montreal Rifles as a Lieutenant and saw action against the French rebels at the 601: 894: 1377: 1143: 1095: 692:
Court. In 1859, 'at the earnest solicitation of the government and in compliance with the members of the Montreal bar', he accepted a seat from Sir
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Louisa Meredith (1860–1938), married her half first cousin Lt.-Col. Edward Hampden Turner Heward (1852–1930). His brother married the sister of
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in England. He filled the position for seven years 'with marked ability and success'. On December 28, 1854, he was given an honorary D.C.L. (
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with the understanding that his full salary would be paid and his resignation subsequently accepted. Two years later he was created a
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in the early 1840s. He conducted a good deal of business for the university, and it was with his influence that his younger brother,
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there. In 1819, Meredith's father died of 'a sudden and awful visitation' at his home while attempting to shoot a ghost with a
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and his new wife, Agnes Kinloch. In 1866, they built a summer house, 'Rosecliff' in the hamlet of St. Patrick, outside
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to political impotence. Among others, he consulted with Meredith and Meredith's former business partner,
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popular among the French as the English. This is noticeably apparent in an article written about him in
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From the late 1830s Meredith, "a careful, shrewd lawyer", was senior partner of the firm Meredith &
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In December 1849, Meredith was appointed to be one of the first ten judges of the newly established
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clearness, are ample without ceasing to be concise, and bring light and satisfaction to the reader
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In the summer of 1824, Meredith arrived at 'Burtonville', his stepfather's house and farm outside
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Harriet Meredith (1854–1941), married Harry Stanley Smith (1850–1916), a native of Seaforth near
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wrote in his diary that 'the doctor (as they referred to MacDonnell) spoke much of the splendid
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Hylda Graves Meredith (1856–1931), married George Hamilton Thomson (1857–1929), grandson of
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for Edmund, 'to prove to William that it is now possible to find good claret in Ireland!'
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for the province. Several of his judgments were spoken of very highly by the lords of the
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William had sent him'. In return 'the doctor' insisted on opening bottle after bottle of
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in 1866. Abbott feared that it would reduce the English-speaking inhabitants of
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On Monday, August 9, 1837, at eight o'clock in the evening, Meredith fought a
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administration. Meredith disliked politics. In the same year Chief Justice
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and his wife Elizabeth Maria Graves, the eldest daughter of the Very Rev.
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In 1831, a year before his mother and stepfather returned permanently to
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from 1866 to 1884. In 1844, he was offered but refused the positions of
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Dick (her husband, Lt-General Richard Monck) and I, and Captain Pem. (
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A year after Meredith was born his family moved up to Ardtrea, near
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at H. (Halifax), which he told me was much finer and larger than '
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Not long after the duel, his career was interrupted again by the
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Frances (known as Feo) Monck was the maternal granddaughter of
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rivalled him for the position, but the influential and affable
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Matilda Anne Meredith (1851–1875), died young, unmarried, at
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He was one of the founding members and a director of the
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1094:and the sister-in-law of the then Governor-General 277:from 1845 to 1849 still stands today, known as the 226: 212: 195: 172: 167: 151: 139: 113: 88: 897:. The Merediths were the parents of ten children: 739:, who had studied law under him and later became 621:Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning 569:on a spacious plot of land surrounded by fields, 1035:Evaline Bertha Meredith (1863–1868), died young. 763:accept it, and included it as Article 80 of the 506:Meredith v Scott, 1837, under 'Canadian Duels'. 912:, Northumberland, and later Lowood House, near 400:of his Irish property" and so attracted by the 356:, his father having resigned his fellowship in 979:and the grandson of Thomas Shrawley Vernon of 1294:The Canadian Dictionary of National Biography 1142:) sang—good voice; and then THE man sang, Mr 732:, would hold the position from 1926 to 1932. 8: 1202: 975:. George Housman was the uncle of the poet 604:offered him the position of Dean of Law at 577:trees. It still stands today, known as the 486:in 1845 and was Meredith's home until 1849. 396:, Meredith's step-father had "wasted every 273:. The home he commissioned and lived in at 1052:. The bust in the corner is of his uncle, 895:Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto 565:, to build him a home beyond the walls of 517:of 1837. Under the command of Lt.-Colonel 368:. His mother returned to Harcourt Street, 101: 85: 1270:Bishop's University Archives, Lennoxville 1096:Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck 255:Superior Court for the Province of Quebec 74:Learn how and when to remove this message 446:, QC, before being called to the Bar of 1229: 1118:) was a well-known man in France under 869:William Collis Meredith was married at 1264:Quebec Literary and Historical Society 1144:Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood 1285:Correspondence of Edgar Allan Collard 249:(23 May 1812 – 26 February 1894) was 7: 1258:McGill University Archives, Montreal 525:, reaching the rank of Major in the 844:. At Meredith's death in 1894, the 602:Joseph-RĂ©mi Vallières de Saint-RĂ©al 519:ClĂ©ment-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury 440:Clement-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury 419:, then a four-day journey north of 1250:Les Juges de la Province de QuĂ©bec 1092:Henry Monck, 1st Earl of Rathdowne 990:, who retired to Addington House, 924:. Their son married a daughter of 786:for the Province of Quebec. Judge 14: 1267:Laval University Archives, Quebec 918:Sir Arthur Middleton, 7th Baronet 885:and his wife Margaret, sister of 871:Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal 541:(a relation through the explorer 1378:Burials at Mount Hermon Cemetery 1154:Meredith frequently returned to 1048:William Meredith at his home in 906:Henry Nicholas (Monck) Middleton 588:(Q.C.), declining the office of 263:Attorney-General for Canada East 23: 1273:Burkes Landed Gentry of Ireland 1166:, as a second father. In 1853, 1030:William Campbell James Meredith 965:Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral 865:Sophia Naters (Holmes) Meredith 765:British North America Act, 1867 759:endorsed the proposal, had the 743:, was a reluctant supporter of 610:William Campbell James Meredith 1128:Government House (Nova Scotia) 1059:On moving from their house in 824:In 1887, on the retirement of 323:John Walsingham Cooke Meredith 1: 1124:Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell 1116:Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne 1020:(1862–1941) K.C., D.C.L., of 934:(1849–1895), director of the 830:Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 696:, as a judge in the Court of 623:and on the committee to save 545:) and subsequently Meredith, 321:. His first cousins included 271:Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 1069:William Henry Giles Kingston 404:he took the position of the 1108:Sir Wykeham Leigh Pemberton 1028:. They were the parents of 908:(1845–1928) J.P., D.L., of 592:, and subsequently that of 561:. In 1843, he commissioned 360:to take up the position of 313:. Meredith was a nephew of 289:Born May 23, 1812, at No.1 259:Solicitor General of Canada 241:Sir William Collis Meredith 95:Sir William Collis Meredith 1414: 1398:Lawyers from County Tyrone 1393:Lawyers from Dublin (city) 1315:Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph 1164:Rev. Dr Richard MacDonnell 926:Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey 877:) and a brother-in-law of 686:Governor General of Canada 584:In 1844, he was created a 1368:Irish emigrants to Canada 1358:Canadian Knights Bachelor 1282:Rawdon Historical Society 1018:Frederick Edmund Meredith 902:Sophia Elizabeth Meredith 761:London Conference of 1866 730:Frederick Edmund Meredith 543:Alexander Henry the elder 327:Richard Graves MacDonnell 297:, second son of the Rev. 234: 163: 128: 109: 100: 16:Irish-born Canadian judge 1255:Quebec National Archives 1007:(1858–1868), died young. 940:Windsor Hotel (Montreal) 879:Sydney Robert Bellingham 838:French-speaking Quebecer 741:Prime Minister of Canada 523:Battle of Saint-Eustache 464:Battle of Saint-Eustache 343:Sir James Creed Meredith 339:Arthur Robert MacDonnell 1363:Canadian King's Counsel 1289:The Canadian Legal News 1261:McCord Museum, Montreal 1246:Le Revue du Bar, Quebec 1237:William Collis Meredith 1198:on 10 July 1879 : 1122:. My friend, Sir R.M. 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The Honourable

Chief Justice
Superior Court
Province of Quebec
Hon. Edward Bowen
Sir Andrew Stuart
Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin
Quebec City
Mount Hermon Cemetery
Sillery
QC
Chief Justice
Superior Court for the Province of Quebec
Solicitor General of Canada
Attorney-General for Canada East
Liberals
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Montreal
Notman House
Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin
Thomas Meredith

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