Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 - William H. Atherton

RECORDERS APPOINTED SINCE THE CREATION OF THE RECORDER’S COURT, IN 1841

Joseph Bourret	1841
John P. Sexton	1859
B.A.T. de Montigny	1881
A.E. Poirier	1899
R.S. Weir	1899
F.X. Dupuis	1907
Amédée Geoffrion	1912

SHERIFFS OF MONTREAL

John Turner, 23rd September, 1762.
Edward Wm. Gray, May, 1776, 1770-1795.
Frederick Wm. Ermatinger, 24th December, 1810, 1813-1820.
Hon. L. Gugy, March 3, 1827.
Hon. Roch de St. Ours, April 3, 1837-1839.
Hon. Foussaint Pothier and Andrew Stuart, September 21, 1839 for five days.
John Boston and Hugh Edmund Barron, September 26, 1839-1841.
John Boston, March 4, 1841-1842.
John Boston and Wm. Foster Coffin, February 16, 1842-1851.
John Boston, May 17, 1851-1862.
A.M. Delisle, March 12, 1862-1863.
F. Bouthillier, December 19, 1863-1872.
C.A. Leblanc, November 28, 1872-1877.
Hon. P.J. O’Chauveau, September 10, 1877-1890.
Hon. J.R. Thibaudeau, May 9, 1890-June 6, 1909.
Dr. Louis Joseph Lemieux, 1909.

PROTHONOTARIES

1780 John Burke and Charles Lepailleur.
1788-1792 John Burke, John Reid and C. Lepailleur.
1794 John Burke and John Reid.
1795 John Reid, John Burke and Sauveuse de Beaujeu.
1801-1813 Alexander Reid and Sauveuse de Beaujeu.
1814-1815 John Reid and Louis Levesque.
1816-1818 John Reid, L. Levesque and Samuel Wentworth Monk.
1831 S.W. Monk and W.C.H. Coffin, and
Afterwards C.A. Papineau; W.C.H. Coffin, C.A. Papineau and Honey; Hubert, Papineau and Honey; Hubert, Honey and Gendron; Honey and Gendron; Honey, Longprés and Cherrier.
1866-1867 A.B. Longprés.
1890 Hon. Arthur Turcotte.
1895 (about) Hon. (now Justice) Monette.
1908 A. Girard.

THE BATONNIERS OF THE MONTREAL BAR

1849-1852	Toussaint Pelletier.
1852-1853	Sir Antoine Aimé Dorion.
1855-1856	C.S. Cherrier, Q.C.
1856-1858	Henry Stuart, Q.C.
1859-1860	Strachan Bethune, K.C.
1861-1862	Sir Antoine Aimé Dorion.
1862-1863	Strachan Bethune, K.C.
1864-1866	Hon. R. Laflamme, Q.C.
1873-1875	Sir Antoine Aimé Dorion.
1875-1879	W.H. Kerr, Q.C.
1879-1881	Sir Alexander Lacoste, Q.C.
1881-1883	W.W. Robertson, Q.C.
1887-1889	Rouey Roy, Q.C.
1890-1892	Hon. F.L. Beique, Q.C.
1894-1896	Hon. J.G. Robidoux, Q.C.
1896-1898	C.B. Carter, Q.C.
1898-1900	Hon. J.A.C. Madore.
1901-1902	W.J. White, K.C.*
1902-1903	S. Beaudin, K.C.
1903-1904	D. McMaster, K.C.
1904-1905	Gustave Lamothe, K.C.
1905-1906	Eugene Lefleur, K.C.
1906-1907	P.S. Mignault, K.C.
1907-1908	F.G. Meredith, K.C.
1908-1909	Honoré Gervais, K.C.
1909-1910	R.C. Smith, K.C.
1910-1911	F.J. Bisaillon, K.C.
1911-1912	A.J. Brown, K.C.
1912-1913	J.L. Archambault.
1913-1914	F. de Sales Bastien, K.C.
* A one-year’s term of office was now resolved upon.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The first jail under the French régime was situated, according to documents found by Mr. Massicotte either on St. Paul Street near St. Sulpice, or at Point a Callieres, i. e., either at Maisonneuve’s château or in the original fort.