Sir Vincent Meredith, Bt | |
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14th President of the Bank of Montreal | |
In office 1913–1927 | |
Preceded by | Richard B. Angus |
Succeeded by | Sir Charles Gordon |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Vincent Meredith February 28, 1850 London, Upper Canada |
Died | February 24, 1929 Montreal, Quebec | (aged 78)
Resting place | Mount Royal Cemetery |
Spouse | Isabella Brenda Allan |
Relations | John Walsingham Cooke Meredith (father) Sir William Ralph Meredith (brother) Richard Martin Meredith (brother) Thomas Graves Meredith (brother) Charles Meredith (brother) Frederick Edmund Meredith (second cousin) |
Residence(s) | Ardvarna in Montreal, Quebec Mont Saint-Bruno, Quebec |
Occupation | Banker, philanthropist |
Sir Henry Vincent Meredith, 1st Baronet (February 28, 1850 – February 24, 1929), was a Canadian banker and philanthropist. He was president of the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He was governor of McGill University and on the board of the Canadian Pacific Railway. His home in Montreal's Golden Square Mile was made a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990 and is today part of McGill University, named Lady Meredith House for his wife.