James Reid Rust
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James Reid Rust (1872–1945) was a businessman who served as both Lord Provost of Aberdeen and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Aberdeen.
He was born on 28 April 1872 the son of George Rust (1835-1891) and his wife Margaret Philip in 1881 he was living in the parish of the Kirk of St Nicholas in central Aberdeen.[1]
In 1891 they were living 16 Craigie Street in Aberdeen.[2]
He was apprenticed to Charles McDonald, granite merchant and owner of Froghall Granite Works at Gerrard Street[3] and Rust later rose to be Director of that company. Around 1900 he set up his own granite company: "Rust & Alexander" also known as the "Caledonian Granite Works" at Holland Street in Aberdeen. He was then living at 9 Mount street in Aberdeen.[4] Rust & alexander also dealt in sculpted granite, supplying to all of Scotland.[5]
In 1921 his former firm of the Froghall Granite Works was amalgamated and absorbed into the Caledonian Granite Works, creating a virtual monopoly on granite in the area, especially for building purposes.[3]
He was elected Lord Provost in 1929 and served until 1932 when he was succeeded by Sir Henry Alexander.[6]
In 1933 he was elected Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen.
He died at home, 17 Hamilton Place in Aberdeen, on 12 August 1945 and is buried in Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen.[7]