Charles Meredith (banker)
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| Born |
17 December 1854 London, Upper Canada |
| Died | 7 January 1928 (aged 73) Montreal, Quebec |
| Occupation | President of the and C. Meredith & Co., Stock and Bond Brokers |
Charles Meredith (December 17, 1854 – January 7, 1928) was a Canadian banker. He was President of the and President of C. Meredith & Co., Montreal's leading Brokerage firm in the early 20th century. He was a co-founder of the Mount Royal Club, and 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 home in the Golden Square Mile, Charles Meredith House, is now part of McGill University.
He was born in 1854 at London, Upper Canada, the seventh son of John Walsingham Cooke Meredith and his wife Sarah Pegler (1818–1900). Charles and his well-known brothers were collectively known as The Eight London Merediths who included Sir William Ralph Meredith, Chief Justice Richard Martin Meredith, Sir Vincent Meredith and Thomas Graves Meredith Q.C. Meredith and his brothers were cousins of, and well known to Judge Richard Edmund Meredith, Frederick Edmund Meredith, William Archer Redmond and Judge James Creed Meredith. Charles Meredith was privately educated at home before briefly attending Hellmuth College, London, and then embarking on his business career.
In 1872, Meredith started his business career with Sir Hugh Allan's Merchant’s Bank, rising to the position of manager of the Western branches at Regina and Brandon. In 1887, he came to Montreal and purchased a seat on the , founding C. Meredith & Co. Ltd, Stock and Bond Brokers with offices on St.-Francois-Xavier Street. The company, which soon established itself as the leading bond house in Montreal, was taken over by the United Financial Corporation Ltd. Meredith was President of both of these institutions until they amalgamated with the National City Company.
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