James Baker (died October 1689) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.
He was constable and churchwarden of Shaftesbury St Peter in 1642.
He was lieutenant of militia cavalry in 1659 and was commissioner for assessment for Dorset in January 1660.
In April 1660 he was re-elected MP for Shaftesbury in the Convention Parliament and signed the loyal address from Dorset on the Restoration.
[1] Baker died and was buried at St. Peter's Shaftesbury on 21 October 1689.