James Avon Clyde (1863 – 1944) was a Scottish politician and judge. Conservative Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West from 1909 to 1918, he was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1916 and served as Lord Advocate from 1916 to 1920 in the Coalition Government. He was appointed to the bench and served as Lord Justice General from 1920 to 1935, with the judicial title Lord Clyde.