Major-General Sir Alexander James Hardy Elliot, KCB (23 February 1825 – 1 July 1909) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Born the son of Admiral Sir George Elliot, Elloit was commissioned as a cavalry officer on 22 February 1843.

[1] He was promoted to cornet in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers on 18 July 1848 and to lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards on 14 June 1850.

[2] He served as aide-de-camp to General Sir James Scarlett, Commander of the Heavy Brigade, at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War.

[3] He went on to command the troops in the North British District in 1885[4] and retired in 1888.