Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet of Rockforest (1748 – 9 February 1829) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

He was a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons, representing Taghmon from 1771 to 1776 and Mallow from 1783 to 1790.

In 1781 he was appointed to the office of High Sheriff of County Cork.

[1] In 1790 he was elected in both Dingle and Castlemartyr, choosing to sit for the latter until the seat's disenfranchisement under the Acts of Union 1800.

[2] On 9 June 1770, he succeeded to the father's baronetcy.