Alfred James Shepheard (1843 - 9 September 1928) was a solicitor and local politician. A resident of Hampstead, he became a solicitor in Kensington in 1865, later moving his business to Finsbury Circus. He held a number of administrative offices: clerk of Commissioners of Taxes for Kensington, clerk of the North Surrey School District and manger of the British Schools in Kensington. He was also a leading member of the Congregational Church in London. In 1895 he unsuccessfully attempted to win a seat on the London County Council representing the City of London. He died in 1928 aged 85.