Vincent Meredith

Sir Vincent Meredith, Bt
H. Vincent Meredith, 1915
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 (1850-02-28)February 28, 1850 London, Upper Canada
Died	February 24, 1929(1929-02-24) (aged 78) Montreal, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	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	Golden Square Mile Mont Saint-Bruno, Quebec
Occupation	Banker, philanthropist
Religion	Protestant

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, Montreal; 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 the 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.

(Henry) Vincent Meredith was born in London, Ontario, the fifth son of John Walsingham Cooke Meredith and Sarah Pegler. One of his great uncles, Boyle Meredith (1788–1873), married Eliza Gough Vincent (1797–1870), a niece of General John Vincent and a cousin of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough. It was after her family that he was given his middle name, which he chose to use as his first. He was one of a group of brothers collectively referred to as The Eight London Merediths. They included Sir William Ralph Meredith, Chief Justice Richard Martin Meredith, Thomas Graves Meredith and Charles Meredith. The Eight London Merediths were close to their cousins Judge Richard Edmund Meredith, Frederick Edmund Meredith, William Archer Redmond and Judge James Creed Meredith.