James Burton, alias Haliburton, was a builder active particularly in London, England in the late-18th and early-19th centuries. He was the son of the Scottish builder, William Haliburton (died 1784) and the father of architect, Decimus Burton (born 1800, died 1881).
Sources:
Colvin, Howard, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, 3rd edition (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995), pp. 199-200.