James Heane (English general)

James Heane (died 1655) was a general serving in the Army of the Commonwealth of England.

On 20 September 1651, the English Council of State appointed Colonel James Heane military commander of a force of 2,200 men commissioned with the task of taking Jersey.

The General-at-Sea, Robert Blake, was appointed naval commander with a fleet of twelve warships and a further seventy ancillary ships.

[1] Heane commanded one of the regiments under command of General Robert Venables which took part in the Western Design.

[2]: 117 Heane was killed during the Siege of Santo Domingo in April 1655.