James Ebenezer Saunders III (3 February 1830 - 24 November 1909) was an architect and local politician. He did much work for the Metropolitan Board of Works, of which he was a member, leading to a corruption scandal, formal investigation, and the board's abolition. He was the great-grandson of James Saunders (died 1831, [1]), a successful fish merchant who had moved from Harwich, Essex to London and become a leading member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and member of the Corporation of London.