David Breakenridge Read
 David Breakenridge Read (13 June 1823 – 11 May 1904) was a Canadian lawyer educator author and Mayor of Toronto in 1858. Read was Mayor of Toronto from November 11 1858 to December 31 1858. He served a mere 50 fifty days thus making him the shortest serving Mayor of that city.Born in Merrickville Ontario the sixth child of John Landon Read [1789-??] and Janet Breakenridge [1795-1832].