James Lumsden (1778–1856) was a Scottish stationer and merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1843 to 1846.

He was born on 13 November 1778 in Glasgow,[1] the son of James Lumsden, an engraver and publisher, and his wife, Jean Adamson.

The family lived in a second floor flat in Craigs Land at the head of the Old Wynd in central Glasgow.

In 1812 he was one of the several people including Henry Bell and Sir Walter Scott on the maiden voyage of the Comet.

A statue to his memory, designed by John Mossman, stands near the cathedral in front of Glasgow Royal Infirmary, of which both he and his brother Lachlan were major benefactors.