John Henry Cordner-James (b.1858 Redruth, Cornwall, UK, d.1946 Aldeburgh Suffolk, UK) was a leading English businessman of the early 20th Century and a mining pioneer with global interests. Born in 1858 as John Henry James, the son of Abraham Trewantha James & Johanna Grey, he changed his name by adding Cordner, ostensibly to differentiate himself from siblings William James and Alfred James in his family firm, James Bros. At the outbreak of World War One, he purchased future Beatles recording studio Abbey Road Studios, London, which he retained until 1929.