James Vernall Teetzel (March 6, 1853 - August 25, 1926) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1899 to 1900.
He attended Woodstock College, Galt Collegiate Institute and Osgoode Hall, articling with Osler, Wink & Gwyn.
In 1877, after four years in Hamilton, he was called to the bar and entered partnership with Britton Bath Osler.
He was created Queen's Counsel in 1890 and on May 16, 1903, was elevated to the bench as Judge of the High Court, Common Pleas Division.
[1] He retired from public life after a stroke in 1912 and traveled extensively until his death on August 25, 1926, in Barbados.