| John Gray | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1755 |
| Birth Place: | probably in London, England |
| Death Date: | September 13, 1829 (aged 73–74) |
| Death Place: | Côte-Sainte-Catherine (Outremont), Lower Canada |
| Known For: | Co-founder of the Bank of Montreal |
| Occupation: | merchant, fur trader, banker |
John Gray (– September 13, 1829), a Canadian banker, JP and militia officer, was the founder and first president of the Bank of Montreal.[1]
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.