James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond

James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1304–1338), was an Anglo-Irish noble, born at Arklow in County Wicklow, the son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick. In 1325 he inherited his family's estates and the hereditary office of Chief Butler of Ireland.

In 1327 he married Eleanor de Bohun, a granddaughter of Edward I and cousin of Edward III, who created him Earl of Ormond in 1328 with palatine rights in Tipperary. He campaigned in Scotland in 1335 and died at Gowran, County Kilkenny, in January 1338.