William Meff

Sir William Meff (1861–1935) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1919 to 1925.

[1] By 1870 his father is described as a "fish and game dealer" and held three adjacent units at the Market in Aberdeen whilst living at Elm Cottage in the Ruthrieston district of Aberdeen.

[2] By around 1890 Meff controlled a large fleet of trawlers based in Aberdeen.

[citation needed] He died at Fordbank, Riverside Drive in Aberdeen on 31 July 1935 and was buried in Allenvale Cemetery in the south of the city.

Their only son William Blann Meff served as a lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders in the First World War and was killed at Beaumont Hamel on 14 November 1916.