Sir James Wallace Peck CB FRSE (3 May 1875 – 3 February 1964) was a British civil servant and local government officer.
[2] In 1905, he was appointed principal assistant to Sir Robert Blair, director of the London County Council Education Service, and in 1910 returned to Scotland as clerk to the Edinburgh School Board.
On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery and served until 1918, reaching the rank of captain.
From 1924 to 1926, he served as assistant secretary of the National Health Insurance Commission and was responsible for organising emergency arrangements for Scotland during the 1926 General Strike.
Peck was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours[3] and was knighted by King George VI in 1938.