Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham KCMG CB (3 October 1876 — 10 July 1965) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and an officer in the Royal Navy.

[2] He joined the Royal Navy in 1890, studied at HMS Britannia at Dartmouth, Devon from 1890 to 1891, was rated midshipman in 1892 and promoted acting sub-lieutenant in 1895, and was confirmed in that rank in October 1896.

[5] By September 1902, he was a lieutenant posted as a gunnery officer to the protected cruiser HMS Isis,[6] based at HMNB Devonport.

[2] He was appointed to the ship six weeks before the outbreak of the First World War, and in 1915 he was selected to command the C-class light cruiser HMS Comus, which was part of Admiral Jellicoe's Grand Fleet.

[24] He had a keen interest in Test and county cricket into his final years, regularly attending matches at Lord's.

[2] His funeral service took place at St Mary & All Souls Church in Coldstream, Berwickshire,[25] with his burial occurring in the nearby Lennel Kirkyard on the Scottish bank of the River Tweed.