James Brindley Bettington (1796 – 2 August 1857) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Bristol to John Bettington; he was a grandson of engineer James Brindley. He was a general merchant in London before migrating to Sydney in 1827. He ran sheep studs and also ran a wool brokers' firm. He was a shipowner, a shipping agent and magistrate, and bred horses near Rooty Hill. Soon after he set up his business he became magistrate and joined the Agricultural and Horticultural Society.^[1] On 7 June 1830 he married Rebecca Lawson, with whom he had six children. A few years later the couple decided to move near Bathhurst to closer to Rebecca's father William Lawson^[2] In 1830 he won the Produce Stakes and 1831 won the Agricultural Show award for the best colonial-bred horse.^[1] In 1837 he retired from his business interests and expanded his land, purchasing further property around and over the Liverpool Range. In 1840 he purchased a property called Oatlands near Parramatta from Perry Simpson.^[2] He was a trustee of All Saints' Church of England, Parramatta and in 1852 became district warden of the area.^[1] From 1851 to 1853 he was an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Bettington died at Plymouth in 1857.^[3]