Jonkheer James Loudon (8 June 1824 – 31 May 1900) was a Dutch politician.

He was Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra cabinet (1861–1862), King's Commissioner in South Holland (1862–1871), and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1872–1875).

He was the father of politician John Loudon.

[1] The ship Gouverneur Generaal Loudon (1875) was named after him.

He was made a Jonkheer in 1884.