C. B. CARTER

Christopher Benfield Carter, K. C, is tlie son of the late Dr. Christopher Carter of Montréal, by his wife, Amelia J. Coward, of Tiverton, Devonshire, England.

Mr. Carter's ancestors came froni Yorkshire, England ; his great grand-father was a surgeon in the British Army, and was stationed at Three-Rivers when that city was the head quarters of the army in Canada. His eldest son, the grand-father of the subject of this sketch, married Mary, the eldest danghter of the Révérend John Quirk Short, who was Chaplain to the forces at Three-Rivers.

Mr. Carter was born at Montréal on the 3oth November 1844, and was educated at the High School, Montréal, under the late Dr. Howe, and also at the Commercial Academy of Sorel under the late Edward Carter Allan. He studied law with the late William H. Kerr, Q. C, and was a classmate in the Law Faculty of McGill with the late Hon. C. A. Geoffrion and the Hon, Judge Robidoux. He graduated B. C. L., on the 3rd May 1866, was called to the Bar of the Province of Québec on the 6th August of the same year, and formed a partnership with the late Mr. Kerr which continued until the latter's death in February 1888.

He was created a Qneen's Counsel, (Canada), by the Earl of Derby on the 28th December 1889, and Oueen's Counsel, (Québec), on the ist June 1899.

Mr. Carter was, for several years, a member of the Council of the Bar of Montréal. He was elected by acclamation Treasurer of the Bar of Montréal on the ist May 1895, and held office for two years. On the ist ]\Iay 1897 he was elected by acclamation Bâtonnier of the Montréal Bar, and