Sir James Buller East, 2nd Baronet (1 February 1789 – 19 November 1878) was a British barrister.
He was educated at Harrow and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he proceeded B.A.
He was called to the bar of the Inner Temple on 5 February 1813, became a bencher of his inn on 15 January 1856, and reader in 1869.
As a conservative, he sat for Winchester from 30 July 1831 to 3 December 1832, when he was defeated, and from 10 January 1835 to 10 February 1864.
He died at Bourton House, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on 19 November 1878 and left £70,000 in his will.