Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet (3 February 1620 – 24 March 1702) was an English landowner.
Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn,[1] Sir James inherited the Axwell estate on the death of his father in 1648.
His son John took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and was imprisoned in the Fleet prison in London.
Their son William changed his name to Clavering-Cowper on inheriting Chopwell from his uncle.
Three grandsons in turn succeeded to the Baronetcy; James, John, and Francis.