James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn

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James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn (15 February 1802 – 16 June 1866), known as Lord Loughborough from 1805 to 1837, was a Scottish soldier and Tory politician.

Rosslyn was the son of James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn. He was elected as a Scottish Tory MP for Dysart Burghs, in Fife, in 1830. He served under Sir Robert Peel as Master of the Buckhounds from 1841 to 1846 and under Lord Derby as Under-Secretary of State for War in 1859.

He commanded the an Auxiliary Cavalry Regiment, The Fife Mounted Rifle Volunteers, from 1860 until his death in 1866.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson	Member of Parliament for Dysart Burghs 1830–1831	Succeeded by Robert Ferguson
Preceded by George Harris John Villiers Shelley	Member of Parliament for Grimsby with John Villiers Shelley 1831–1832	Succeeded by William Maxfield
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Kinnaird	Master of the Buckhounds 1841–1846	Succeeded by The Earl Granville
Preceded by The Viscount Hardinge	Under-Secretary of State for War 1859	Succeeded by The Earl of Ripon
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James St Clair-Erskine	Earl of Rosslyn 1837–1866	Succeeded by Francis Robert St Clair-Erskine