Private Life
Like many of his brothers, Meredith shared an enthusiasm for Floriculture. His home in Montreal had a large conservatory, where on one occasion he chose to have his portrait taken. His knowledge of gardening and tree culture was said to have been "comparable to a good professional gardener".
In his earlier years Mr Meredith had been "an athlete of renown". He was a good rower and boxer, and very fond of outdoor exercise of all descriptions. He loved to fish and was an excellent shot too. He was a director of the Quebec Fish and Game Association and the Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association. His clubs included the Mount Royal Club, St. James's Club, Montreal Racquet Club, Royal Montreal Golf Club, Empire Club of Canada, Montreal Jockey Club, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club and the Montreal Hunt.
(Charles Meredith) maintained a lively interest in world events until the close of his life, becoming something of a kindly philosopher, understanding mankind as it is given few men to understand their fellows. He found the world a good place in which to live, and was at peace with things as he found them, though ever alert to make improvements where possible and wise... Meredith, ‘the popular stockbroker’, was a benefactor of Montreal in many ways, assisting in all leading movements for its betterment, and he gave liberally to the causes of charity
Charles and Elspeth Meredith died without children. Mr Meredith was said to have enjoyed a relationship "like that of father and son" with long-time employee of C. Meredith & Co., Hartland MacDougall. Mrs Meredith was a godmother to some of her Angus nephews and nieces as well as to "the Montreal English theatre icon", Roseanna Seaborn Todd, grand-daughter of Sir Edward Clouston, 1st Baronet. Mr and Mrs Meredith are buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, next to Sir Vincent and Lady Meredith and Frederick Edmund Meredith.
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“The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,—more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)