James McGaul

{{short description|English businessman and politician}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = James Hannay McGaul

| image = JH_McGaul.jpg

| alt = McGaul pictured as Mayor of Birkenhead in 1908

| caption = McGaul pictured as Mayor of Birkenhead in 1908.

| birth_date = {{circa|1841}}

| birth_place = Tranmere, Merseyside, England1891 England Census

| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1921|12|14}} (aged 80)

| death_place =

| nationality = British

}}

James Hannay McGaul ({{circa|1841}} – 14 December 1921) was an English businessman who was mayor of Birkenhead. He was a building contractor with a business in Liverpool, but devoted his spare time to football and public office. He was president of Tranmere Rovers F.C. from their inception in 1884 until they became a limited company in 1912. He became mayor of Birkenhead in 1908–9 and a justice of the peace.