James Kelham (1796 – 1 April 1882) was a New Zealand businessman and politician.

He represented the City of Wellington in the 1st New Zealand Parliament, but resigned on 3 August 1855.

He owned land in Lower Hutt where he had a cottage built in the 1870s or 1880s; the building is these days the gatehouse of Vogel House.

[3] He is buried in St James (Anglican) Churchyard, Lower Hutt.

Ward's Early Wellington erroneously says he died in 1862.