James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington

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James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, GCVO (1849–1935) was a British businessman and philanthropist.

Buchanan began his career as the London agent for a company in the whisky trade. He realised that there was an untapped market in England for bottled Scotch whisky and set about producing his own, the Buchanan Blend, which is still available today.

Buchanan was knighted, receiving the GCVO; created a baronet in 1920; and was raised to the peerage in 1922 as Baron Woolavington. It is said that he paid £50 000 for his peerage, and that he signed the cheque "Woolavington" and dated it 2 January – the day after the title was to be gazetted – so that the payment would bounce if he did not receive the honour he had been promised.

Woolavington had just one daughter, Hon. Catherine Buchanan, so the peerage became extinct on his death.