Sir James Taggart

Sir James Taggart KBE DL (1849–1929) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1914 to 1919.

He was born at Coldwells Farm near Inverurie on 6 December 1849, the son of farmer Charles Taggart and his wife, Margaret Barnet.

At 11am on 11 November 1918 Taggart stood on the balcony of the Aberdeen Town Hall to announce the Armistice to the cheering crowds below.

In 1921 he was invited to unveil the war memorial at Holburn Church in south Aberdeen.

Despite poor weather his funeral cortege on Friday 29 November was escorted by several thousand people, from his home at Ashley Lodge on Great Western Road to Springbank Cemetery in south Aberdeen.