James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos

James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos (1642–1714) was an English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

Lord Chandos had connections with the Levant Company, for example through his father-in-law Sir Robert Barnard, who was a merchant.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was making great advances into Europe, reaching the walls of Vienna.

He married Elizabeth Barnard and was the father of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, famous as the employer of Handel and friend of Alexander Pope; his daughter, The Hon.

Mary Brydges, who married Theophilus Leigh, was the great-grandmother of Jane Austen.