James Duperon Bâby (August 25, 1763 – February 19, 1833) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada.
[1] After the Jay Treaty in 1795, the Bâby family left the Detroit area and moved to Sandwich (now Windsor).
Over the years, the family acquired large amounts of land in the western region of Upper Canada.
[1] In 1815, he was appointed Inspector General and moved to York (now Toronto), where he was a politician, judge, wealthy landowner, and part of the ruling clique known as the Family Compact.
James Baby opposed Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe's effort to precipitately abolish slavery outright in Upper Canada.