Major Talbot Mercer Papineau, MC (25 March 1883 – 30 October 1917) was a lawyer and soldier from Quebec, Canada. Born in Montebello, Quebec, he was the son of Louis-Joseph Papineau (grandson of the Patriote leader Louis-Joseph Papineau). However, Papineau was brought up a Protestant and had American roots. His mother, Caroline Rogers, was born in an influential family from Philadelphia. His upbringing was mainly in English. He was educated at the High School of Montreal and at McGill University. In 1905, he was one of the first Canadians to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, and subsequently studied law at Brasenose College, Oxford. He also played ice hockey for the Oxford Canadians. Returning to Montreal in 1908, he started practising law.