George Montegu Black II

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George Montegu Black II (born June 3, 1911 in Winnipeg, died June 29, 1976 Toronto) to George Montegu Black Sr and Gertrude Maxwell Black was a Winnipeg business man and President of Canadian Breweries. He is the father of media tycoon Conrad Black and Montegu Black.

Graduating from the University of Manitoba in 1933, he became a chartered accountant in 1937 and served in RCAF (and civilian at DND working on the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan) from 1940 to 1945. He was comptroller of Western Breweries Limited and later with Canadian Breweries for industrialist E. P. Taylor.

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• Conrad Black
• GM Black II