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.