Sir James King, 1st Baronet, FRSE (13 July 1830 – 1 October 1911) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow 1886 to 1889.

[2] He was born in Glasgow on 13 July 1830[3] the eldest of seven children to John King of Leverholme and Campsie, and his wife, Christina McNie.

[5] The firm made various raw chemical products, including potash and alum.

His full-length portrait by Edward Arthur Walton (commissioned in 1889[9]) is held by Glasgow Council.

[3] In 1910 he was subject as one of the highly popular series of figures of the day in the magazine Vanity Fair.