John Gray ( – September 13, 1829), a Canadian banker, JP and militia officer, was the founder and first president of the

Bank of Montreal The Bank of Montreal (BMO; french: Banque de Montréal, link=no) is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. The bank was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1817 as Montreal Bank; while its head office remains in ...

. 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. In 1817, Gray with 12 other Montreal merchants founded the

and became the bank's first president. Gray died in Côte-Sainte-Catherine in 1829.

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* Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople Bank of Montreal presidents Anglophone Quebec people English emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec 1755 births 1829 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Quebec-bio-stub