Cassels, Sir Walter (1845-1923), judge, was born at Quebec on August 14, 1845, the son of Robert Cassels. He was educated at the University of Toronto (B.A., 1865), and was called to the bar in 1872 (Q.C., 1883). He was judge of the Exchequer Court of Canada from 1908 to his death at Ottawa on March 1, 1923. He was created a knight bachelor in 1917.

Source : W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., p. 12.