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The lawyers Charles Peers Davidson (1841-1929), of Huntingdon, Ontario (McGill, B.A., 1863; M.A., 1867, B.C.L., 1873; D.C.L., 1875, an honorary LL.D., 1912), and Selkirk Cross of Montreal, Quebec (Oxford, B.A.; McGill, B.C.L., 1878), formed a legal firm Davidson & Cross in Montreal. The firm was active in the 1880s. When Cross’ nephew Alexander Selkirk Cross (1858-1919) joined them, the firm became Davidson, Cross & Cross.

Sir Charles Peers Davidson was born in January 1841, in Huntingdon, Lower Canada.

He was a lawyer, judge, and author. He was educated at McGill University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1863, a Master of Arts degree in 1867, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1873, and a D.C.L. in 1875. He was awarded an honorary LL.D. from McGill in 1912. Davidson was appointed to the Quebec Bar in 1864 and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1876. In 1887, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court of the province of Quebec. From 1912 to 1915 he was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec. In 1913, he was made a Knight Bachelor. He was the author of "Statutes Relating to Banks and Banking" (1876).

In 1868, he married Alice Harriet Mattice (1844-1915). He died on January 29, 1929, in New York, New York.

Rev. James Burrows Davidson was born on June 16, 1838, in Ontario.

He was a clergyman, a rector of the parish in St. Armand East, Quebec. He is the author of “On Increase of the Episcopate, or a Divinely Constituted Ministry Upon the Apostolic and Primitive Basis: An Essay Read Before the Ruri-Decanal Meeting, Held at Waterloo, January 8th, 1868”.

He died on April 30, 1911, in Quebec.