James Ramsay Drummond (1851–1921) was a civil servant in India, and amateur botanist.
During his long career in the ICS, Drummond also gained an expert knowledge of the flora of the western Punjab, where he made significant collections of plant specimens.
During his last few months in India, he was appointed curator of the herbarium at the Calcutta Royal Botanic Gardens.
On his return to England in 1905, he continued his botanical work at Kew, determining his collections and preparing a flora of the Punjab.
However, poor health compromised his efforts and he died having published only a few works, notably a detailed paper on the Agave and Furcraea of India co-written by David Prain and published in the Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal, 1905.