Sir James Robert Longden GCMG (7 July 1827 – 4 October 1891) was an English colonial administrator.

Most notable of his tenure in Ceylon was his grant of land that established the Borella General Cemetery, that has since interred the names of many great Ceylonese over the centuries.

He was made CMG in 1871, KCMG in 1876, GCMG in the 1883 Birthday Honours.

[2] After his retirement he resided at Longhope, near Watford, Hertfordshire, and took a very active part in county affairs.

On 22 September 1864[3] on the island of Saint Kitts, he married Alice Emily Berridge (1846–1910), younger daughter of James Samuel Berridge (1806–1885), a local landowner and businessman, and his wife Jane Chapman (1803–1888).