James Christie Traill JP DL (1826 – 6 February 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of James Traill senior (1794–1873), a Metropolitan police magistrate, and his wife Caroline Whateley, he was born in 1826 at Walworth, Surrey.

[2] He was appointed to be a deputy lieutenant of Caithness in April 1875,[5] in addition to serving as a justice of the peace for the county.

[6] Traill scored 19 runs in his three first-class matches, in addition to taking 4 wickets.

[10] Two of their sons, James William (1858–1917) and John Murray (1865–1914), were killed in World War I.