James Goold, Baron Goold

{{Short description|Scottish businessman and Conservative politician}}

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James Duncan Goold, Baron Goold (7 February 1923 – 27 July 1997) was a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician.

Educated at the Glasgow Academy, Goold was a chartered accountant. He was the Honorary Treasurer of the Scottish Conservative Party between 1981 and 1983, and its Chairman from 1983 to 1990.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-goold-1253414.html|title=Obituary: Lord Goold|last=Goldie|first=Annabel|date=30 July 1997|newspaper=The Independent|author-link=Annabel Goldie}}

Goold was knighted in 1983.{{London Gazette|date=11 June 1983|issue=49375|page=2|supp=y}} On 8 April 1987, he was created a life peer, as Baron Goold, of Waterfoot in the District of Eastwood.{{London Gazette|date=13 April 1987|issue=50888|page=4937}} He was Deputy Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1985 to 1994 and Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1994 to 1997.