James Brown (1709–1784) was an English cleric and academic.
He was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1770 until his death.
[1] A close friend of Thomas Gray, he acted with William Mason as executor of Gray's will.
He was educated at Christ's Hospital, and matriculated at Pembroke College in 1726, graduating B.A.
Ordained as Anglican priest in 1736, he became vicar of Shepreth from 1737.