Sir James Cotter, 3rd Baronet

Sir James Laurence Cotter, 3rd Baronet (1782 – 31 December 1834) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet.

Cotter was the son of Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet and Isabella Hingston, and the grandson of Sir James Cotter. In the United Kingdom general election, 1812 he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mallow, and he held the seat until 1818. On 9 February 1829 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.

He married Helena Tryndall Lombard, daughter of Major James Lombard and Ann Becher, on 1 January 1820. Cotter was succeeded in his title his son, also called James.