Charles Meriwether Fry (April 24, 1822 – November 18, 1892) was an American banker.

Fry was born in Madison County, Virginia, on April 24, 1822.

[5] His paternal grandparents were Catherine "Kitty" (née Walker) Fry (a daughter of Thomas Walker of Castle Hill) and Joshua Fry (a son of the Rev.

[6] On January 18, 1876, he was elected to succeed Charles P. Leverich as President of the Bank of New York.

[10][a] He died at 279 Lexington Avenue, his home in Manhattan (a four-story brownstone designed by Charles Buek at a cost of $50,500),[12] on November 18, 1892.