Vice Admiral James Wilfred Jefford CB, CBE, RN, RIN, RPN (22 March 1901 – 1 January 1980) was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Navy, serving from its inception in 1947 until 1953. Most of his early career was in the Royal Indian Navy. He was Chairman of the Penang Harbour Board from 1955 to 1957 and also of the Penang Port Commission from 1956 to 1957, when he retired. During the Second World War he commanded HMIS Indus and HMIS Godavari.