Sir David Richmond DL (c. 1843[citation needed] – 15 January 1908) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1896 to 1899.

He was born in Deanston, Perthshire in about 1843, the ninth of ten children to James King Richmond and his wife, Mary Lauchlan, both originally from Ayrshire.

[1] In 1865, he travelled to Australasia but returned in 1868 to set up his tube works, which was located at Aytoun Court in Glasgow.

In 1891 (while a city Bailie) he attended a large banquet combining a wide range of famous parties together including Sir Henry Irving and his then-secretary Bram Stoker, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Harry Furniss.

[3] His most important contributions as Lord Provost were the building of the People's Palace and laying the foundation of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.