Major General Sir Victor Paley, KBE, CB, DSO, DL (1903–1976)[1][2] was a British Army officer.

[9] In October 1944, during the Second World War, Paley served as the commanding officer of the 22nd Armoured Brigade, while only holding the rank of lieutenant colonel.

[11] At the end of the war, he was chosen as one of the military members of the British delegation to the Allied Control Authority, as a temporary rank of brigadier.

[15] Paley served as the General Officer Commanding Ghana Armed Forces between 1957 and 1959, when his appointment covered only the army.

[18][19] On his return home, Sir Victor retired from the British Army and his Reserve liability for recall in the event of an emergency ended in 1963.

[21] Paley's immediate family was well-established in Suffolk, in Ampton and in Freckenham, but the main branch was firmly rooted in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in the neighbouring villages of Giggleswick and Langcliffe.

Sir Victor is related the well-known theologian William Paley, sometime Archdeacon of Carlisle, through the clergyman's uncle George (1708-1765).

Richard grew wealthy producing munitions for the French Revolutionary Wars but was bankrupted by the slump following the Peace of Amiens, and died before he could recover.