James Murray Pakenham Pipon KBE CMG MVO (25 October 1882 – 14 January 1971) was a Royal Navy officer who served in World War I and, after being recalled to active duty in 1940, World War II.
After World War I, he served as naval attaché in Paris, France, chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and commanded the battleship Royal Sovereign in 1930–1932. His last appointment before retiring in 1936 was as Rear-Admiral-in-Command and Admiral-superintendent, HM Dockyard, Gibraltar.
The post of Senior British Naval Officer, Suez Canal Area was established on 14 December 1939, Vice Admiral James M. Pipon taking command on 7 January 1940. Pipon was shore based, at Ismailia in Egypt. He reported directly to the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet. In the Navy List for December 1940 Pipon is shown as borne on the books of Stag, 'additional, for various services.'