The Globe

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Monday, November 24, 1902, p. 12

DEATH OF MR. C. GAMBLE

THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE ONTARIO BAR PASSES AWAY.

He Was Widely Known as a Barrister, and Served as City Solicitor For 23 Years - Became a Q.C. 35 Years Ago.

Mr. Clarke Gamble, K.C., the oldest member of the Ontario Bar, and one of the most widely known lawyers in Toronto, died on Sunday morning at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. I. F. Hellmuth, K.C., in Deer Park. Last Thursday was the 94th anniversary of his birthday, and although he had reached such an advanced age, it was not until about two weeks ago that he showed symptoms of acute illness, against which the infirmities of age were unable to successfully battle. His death will be deeply regretted, especially by the older members of the Bar, by whom he was more particularly known and respected. For years he was head of the firm of C. and H. D. Gamble & Dunn. The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from St. James' Cathedral.

Joseph Clarke Gamble was born at Kingston in 1805, lived during the reigns of five British Sovereigns, and practised law under three. He was a son of the late John Gamble, a regimental surgeon during the American revolutionary war, who was afterwards appointed surgeon to the Queen's Rangers, and remained with them until the regiment was disbanded at Toronto in 1802. His mother was Isabella Elizabeth, a daughter of Dr. Joseph Clarke, a United Empire Loyalist. He was educated under the late Bishop Strachan at Cornwall, and was called to the Bar in 1832. He was elected a bencher of the Law Society in 1840, and created a Queen's Counsel by Lord Monck in 1867. He acted for the Crown in the settlement of the affairs of the Bank of Upper Canada, and was one of the projectors of the Toronto & Lake Huron Railway. For some years afterwards he was President of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. Deceased became widely known publicly during a 23-year tenure of office, from 1840 to 1863, as Solicitor for the City of Toronto. He was a prominent member of the Church of England, and served as a delegate to the Diocesan and Provincial Synods of that church. He was twice married—first to a daughter of D'Arcy Boulton of Toronto, and the second time to a daughter of Hon. Henry J. Boulton, also of Toronto. His eldest son by the second marriage, Captain John Henry Gamble, his Majesty's 17th Regiment, after highly distinguishing himself during the Afghan war in 1878, died of cholera in the Khyber Pass a year later. Another son, the late R. Gamble, was General Manager of the Dominion Bank. The remaining members of the family are two sons and one daughter— Henry D. and I. Gamble and Mrs. Hellmuth, all of Toronto.