James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (23 August 1730 – 6 February 1798), was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount Limerick from 1756 to 1758.

He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Midleton between 1755 and 1758, and served as High Sheriff of Louth in 1757.

On 17 March 1758, he succeeded to his father's titles and became Earl of Clanbrassil.

[1] As his title was in the Peerage of Ireland, he was not barred from election to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

On 4 July 1766 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland and was Custos Rotulorum of County Louth between 1769 and 1798.