Charles Sandwith Campbell

Campbell grew up in Ottawa and was educated at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and afterwards at Laval University, where he graduated avec grande distinction.

In 1877, he continued his legal education in England at Trinity College, Cambridge, entering Lincoln's Inn the following year.

[2][3] In 1884, Campbell returned to Canada and entered the Montreal law firm of William Badgley and John Abbott, becoming a senior partner in 1887.

Campbell served as a director of many client companies including the Montreal Terminal Railway, and he sat on the board of Governors of McGill University.

After provision had been made for the upkeep of Campbell's horse, Kodak, the remainder of the will was divided into five parts.

But Charles Sandwith Campbell has left his own enduring monument, sounding forever in the ears of a million Montrealers, his heirs at large."

Campbell's childhood home in Ottawa
F.E. Meredith (right), presents the keys for the new Campbell playground (formerly Sohmer Park) in the East End working class area of Montreal to Mayor Médéric Martin (left) in 1926.