James Mackelvie

James Mackelvie
Born
James Tannock Mackelvie

1824 (1824)
Ardrossan, Scotland
Died2 June 1885(1885-06-02) (aged 60–61)
London, England
OccupationPhilanthropist

James Tannock Mackelvie (1824–1885) was a New Zealand philanthropist who donated a substantial art collection to the Auckland Art Gallery. He was also a founder of the New Zealand Philosophical Society (later Auckland War Memorial Museum) and the Auckland Acclimatisation Society.

Mackelvie's donation of artworks, collected by himself in Europe, was accompanied by a substantial bequest to maintain the new permanent gallery. In September 1891 Auckland's Municipal Corporation erected a Mackelvie annexe to the building to hold the Grey Literary Collection and the Auckland Free Public Library.

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