James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, KT (23 May 1674 – 14 March 1705) was a Scottish nobleman and politician.

He was the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch.

He was also the grandson of Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland.

On 2 January 1693/94 he married Lady Henrietta Hyde (born in Hindon, Wiltshire, c. 1677, died 30 May 1730), daughter of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, and Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester.

Lord Dalkeith died of apoplexy and was buried 19 March 1704/05 in the King Henry VII Chapel of Westminster Abbey.