Orville Sievwright Tyndale KC (1887 - 1952)

Born 4 Jun 1887 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biography

Orville Sievwright Tyndale was the son of W. N. Tyndale.

Tyndale was educated at Montreal High School, the Feller Institute, McGill University, and the University of Paris.^[1] He was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1915.

He was a member of the 11th Hussars before the Great War.^[2] During the war, Tyndale served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 with a machine gun shot to the left calf muscle.^[2]

He taught law at McGill University from 1921 and made a King's Counsel in 1924. Tyndale was appointed to be a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Montreal in 1942.^[3] He was promoted to be Chief Justice of the Superior Court in Montreal and Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court in 1946.^[4]

In 1947, Tyndale became the Chancellor of McGill University, the first McGill graduate to hold that position.^[1]

He died in 1952 and was buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[5]

1911 Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada.^[6]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

W N Tyndale Chef Male 55 Quebec

Jessie Tyndale Wife Female 52 Quebec

William Tyndale Son Male 28 Quebec

Orviller Tyndale Son Male 24 Quebec

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pilarczyk, Ian C. (1999). A Noble Roster: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Law at McGill. pp. 48–49.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Great War Personnel Records. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B9862-S019
3. ↑ Judicial Appointments in Quebec". Bench and Bar: The National Legal Newspaper. 12 (11). November 1942.
4. ↑ "Appointments". The Fortnightly Law Journal. 16 (9): 140. 2 December 1946.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108966677
6. ↑ 1911 Census Canada. Library and Archives Canada.

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