James Mellor (died 18 August 1860) was a Liverpool merchant, local politician, and friend of Richard Cobden.
[2] The brewery James Mellor & Sons was founded in 1823, in Hunter Street, Liverpool.
[6] The burgess roll for 1846 places his counting house in Exchange Alley North.
[9] In November 1845, he was one of a delegation, with Thomas Thornely, David Brown and James Mullaneux, calling on the Mayor of Liverpool, and asking what steps were being taken over the potato crop failure affecting Ireland.
[11] At the end of Mellor's life, his address was Cleveland Square, Hyde Park, London.