James Mackenzie Maclean (13 August 1835 – 22 April 1906) was a British journalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1900.

[2] Maclean returned to Britain and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at Elgin Burghs in 1880.

He is a man of Imperialistic mind, takes a very British view of everything in Foreign, Eastern, of Colonial affairs, and is much opposed to the Indian Congress and the advanced views of Young India...

He has a tall, imposing figure, a handsome head and face and a fine voice.

"[5] Sir George Birdwood wrote of Maclean in the Society of Arts Journal for 1901, that he was "the ablest publicist we ever had in India".