James Lumsden (Lord Provost, died 1879)

Sir James Lumsden DL (18 June 1808–22 March 1879) was a Scottish stationer and merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1866 to 1869.

[4] He joined the family publishing and stationery business of James Lumsden & Son, and was made a full partner in 1834.

[6] He was also chairman of the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the Clyde Navigation Trust.

[4] A Liberal politician, he joined the Glasgow town Council in 1860, serving as Lord Provost from 1866 to 1869.

He was knighted in 1868 in a ceremony linked to the laying of the foundation of the new university buildings at Gilmorehill.