Melbourne McTaggart Tait, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian judge
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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Quebec, Canada
About Melbourne McTaggart Tait
- Sir Melbourne McTaggart Tait, (May 20, 1842 – February 19, 1917) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. Born in Melbourne, Canada East, he studied at St Francis College and received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from McGill University in 1862.
- He was called to the Bar in 1863.
- He served as President of the Montreal Garrick Club after 1878. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1882.
- He practiced law in Melbourne until moving to Montreal in 1870.
- In 1887, he was raised to the judicial Bench in the Province of Quebec.
- He was appointed chief justice of the Superior Court in the district of Montreal in 1894.
- He was made a Knight Bachelor at Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897.In January, 1903, he headed a movement to erect Royal Victoria Hospital, a Children's Hospital in Montreal, as a memorial to Queen Victoria.
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