James Gibb (3 May 1844 – 23 June 1910) was a British Liberal Party politician in the Nonconformist tradition.

A son of James Gibb of Edinburgh and Margaret Wilson of Hawick, Roxburghshire, he was educated privately.

In 1873, he married Helen Nimmo, daughter of Rev.

[1] He was an insurance broker and underwriter at Lloyd's of London.

He was able to pay for a certain amount of his election campaign expenses and was adopted.