John Gray (Canadian banker)

John Gray (c. 1755 – September 13, 1829), a Canadian banker, JP and militia officer, was the founder and first president of the Bank of Montreal.^[1]

John Gray
Born	c. 1755 probably in London, England
Died	September 13, 1829 (aged 73–74) Côte-Sainte-Catherine (Outremont), Lower Canada
Occupation(s)	merchant, fur trader, banker
Known for	Co-founder of the Bank of Montreal

Born in England around 1755, Gray arrived in Canada around 1781 as a fur trader. Gray later became an attorney, a trustee and executor of wills and estates, as well as an agent for the British treasury.^[2]

In 1817, Gray with 12 other Montreal merchants founded the Bank of Montreal and became the bank's first president.

Gray died in Côte-Sainte-Catherine in 1829.