Sir Charles Peers Davidson KC was a Canadian lawyer and judge.
Background
Born in Huntingdon, Lower Canada, the son of Captain Alexander Davidson and Marion Peers, Davidson was educated at McGill University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1863, a Master of Arts degree in 1867, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1873, and a D.C.L. in 1875.
Career
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from McGill in 1912. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1864 and was created a Queen"s Counsel in 1876. Tragically both Shirley and Thornton would die by drowning in 1907 and 1912 respectively, the later in the Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Titanic disaster.
In 1887 he was appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court of the province of Quebec.
From 1912 to 1915 he was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec. He died at New York City in 1929.