W. C. J. Meredith, the son of Frederick Meredith, was born in Montréal and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a degree in law in 1925. Admitted to the Bar of Québec in 1927, he practiced with the Montréal firm of Meredith, Holden, Heward and Holden, and was appointed K.C. in 1942. Meredith was the author of studies on criminal insanity, automobile accidents, and medical malpractice. He also served as a member of the Council for the Survey of the Legal Profession in Canada. He was appointed Dean of Law in 1950, Macdonald Professor of Law in 1955, and director of the Institute of Air and Space Law in 1958.

Sir Henry Vincent Meredith, 1st Baronet was born on February 28, 1850, in London, Ontario.

He was a Canadian banker and generous philanthropist. He was the first Canadian-born president of the Bank of Montreal from 1913 to 1927. He was also president of the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He served as Governor of McGill University and on the board of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian Mental Health Association. His home in Montreal's Golden Square Mile was made a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990 and is today part of McGill University, named Lady Meredith House for his wife. He was created a hereditary Baronet of the United Kingdom by King George V for his wartime services to Canada and the British Empire in 1916.

In 1888, he married Isabel Brenda (Lady Meredith) Allan. He died on February 24, 1929, in Montreal, Quebec.

F. E. Meredith was born in Québec City and educated at Bishop's University (B.A. 1883) and Laval (LL.B. 1887, LL.M. and LL.D. 1904). He practiced in Montréal with the firm of Meredith, Holden, Heward and Holden, and was appointed Q.C. in 1899. Meredith was the student, and later partner of Prime Minister John Abbott. He served as Chancellor of Bishop's University from 1926 to 1932.

Edmund Allen Meredith was born on October 7, 1817, in Ardtrea, Tyrone County, Northern Ireland.

He was a lawyer and office holder. His father died suddenly in 1819. His mother remarried and left for Canada, leaving Edmund with his uncle. In 1833, he entered the Trinity College, Dublin, and after graduating (B.A., 1837), he entered Lincoln's Inn, London, and then King's Inns, Dublin, to study law (LL.D.). In 1842, he moved to Canada to rejoin his family, living first in Toronto and then in Montreal. Called to the Irish bar in 1844, he did not practise law. In 1846, he was appointed to the unpaid and part-time position of the 3rd Principal of McGill College (1846-1853). In 1847, he joined the civil service and moved with the government to Quebec City, becoming Under Secretary of State for Canada in Sir John A. Macdonald's government. When the new capital, Ottawa, was founded in 1865, much to his disappointment, he and the rest of the government were forced to move there. In 1873, he became deputy minister of the new Department of the Interior. He founded the Ottawa Art Association, served as President of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, the Park Lawn Tennis Club (Toronto), the Civil Service Board, the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society, Vice-President of the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto, and finally the part-time position in retirement as Vice-President of the Toronto Loans and Assurance Company. He was awarded an honorary M.A. degree from Bishop's University, and that of LL.D. from McGill University. He was an honorary member of the American Association for the Promotion of Social Science.

In 1851, he married Anne Frances "Fanny" Jarvis (1830–1919). He died on January 12, 1899, in Toronto, Ontario.

Charles Meredith was born on December 17, 1854, in London, Ontario.

He was a Canadian businessman. In 1887, he moved to Montreal. In 1902, he was elected president of the Montreal Stock Exchange, a position he held until 1905. He founded C. Meredith & Co. Ltd., Stock and Bond Brokers, Montreal's leading brokerage firm in the early 20th century. As an investment broker, having the reputation of the highest integrity, he discouraged risky speculative ventures on the part of his clients. In 1910, he became president of Hillcrest Collieries Ltd., and he was a director of Tuckett Tobacco and the British & Colonial Press Service. He also sat on the Board of Arbitration and the Montreal Board of Trade. He was a co-founder of the Mount Royal Club, and he had owned the land on which the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal was built, becoming a principal shareholder with a significant influence on its image and future. His mansion in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, now known as Charles Meredith House, is currently part of McGill University.

In 1893, he married Elspeth Hudson Angus, the eldest daughter of Richard B. Angus, a co-founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He died on January 7, 1928, in Montreal, Quebec.