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Strachan Bethune, (November 6, 1821 – March 8, 1910) twice
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of
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and the 1st
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Chancellor of the Diocese of Montreal.


Biography

Born at Burnside Hall,
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, Strachan Bethune was the son of the Very Reverend John Bethune, Dean of Montreal and Principal of
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, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Hallowell (1771–1838), signing partner of the
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. He was named for his father's mentor
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, and he was a great-grandson of the explorer
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. His uncles included Angus Bethune, James Gray Bethune, Bishop
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, The Hon. Donald Bethune, Henry Mackenzie (cousin of the Canadian explorer
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) and The Hon. John Kirby. He studied law at
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and was called to the
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in 1843. He joined what was then Montreal's most prestigious law firm, Meredith &
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, at the same time that his future brother-in-law (the future
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) Sir John Abbott was serving his clerkship there. In 1849, when Meredith was appointed a Judge at
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, Dunkin later left too. Bethune was later joined by his son, Meredith Blenkarne Bethune (1846–1907), forming the firm Bethune & Bethune. He was appointed
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in 1864. He was twice appointed
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of
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(1859 and 1862) and his name was frequently mentioned when judicial vacancies became available.'Montreal History and Gazetteer to the year 1892' By Rev. J. Douglas Borthwick, John Lovell & Son, Montreal 1892 In 1845, by his father at Christ Church Cathedral,
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, he married Maria MacLean Phillips (1826–1901), the eldest daughter of William Phillips of
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, by his wife Henrietta, daughter of Charles Grey Stewart (1775–1854), of Quebec. Mrs Bethune was a niece of William Price and a first cousin of the brothers General Sir
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and Lieutenant-Governor Sir Richard Lake. The Bethunes were the parents of eight children. Their second daughter, Caroline, married Lt.-Col. Hon Keith Turnour-Fetherstonhaugh of
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, younger brother of
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.


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The Phillips family of Quebec


{{DEFAULTSORT:Bethune, Strachan 1821 births 1910 deaths Lawyers from Montreal Canadian King's Counsel McGill University Faculty of Law alumni