John Hanbury-Williams

Sir John Hanbury-Williams
John Hanbury-Williams (left) with The Times correspondent Stanley Washburn. Russia, October 1914
Born(1859-10-19)19 October 1859
Died19 October 1946(1946-10-19) (aged 87)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1878–1919
RankMajor general
Unit43rd Light Infantry
Battles / warsAnglo-Egyptian War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Dispatches

Major general Sir John Hanbury-Williams, GCVO, KCB, CMG (19 October 1859 – 19 October 1946) was a British Army officer, who served as Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War and later Brigadier-General in charge of Administration (Scotland). He served on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), representing Canada between 1911 and 1921. During the First World War he was head of the British military mission with the Russian Stavka with direct access to Tsar Nicholas II.