James Phillips (1672–1730) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1725 to 1727.
Phillips was baptized on 11 July 1672, the eldest son of John Phillips, alderman of Carmarthen and his wife Anne Newsham, daughter of Thomas Newsham.
[2] He was returned, as Tory Member of Parliament for Carmarthen, at a by-election on 4 January 1725.
At the 1727 general election, he was defeated by a Whig.
[1] Phillips succeeded his father on 11 August 1730, but died himself two months later on 28 November 1730.