General Sir Alexander Ernest Wardrop GCB CMG (15 September 1872 – 22 June 1961) was a British Army General who rose to high rank in the 1930s.

[2] He served in the Great War, initially as a Brigadier in the Guards Division which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force.

[2] He served in France and took part in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in Italy in 1918.

[2] After the war he was promoted to substantive major general in June 1919[3] and served as commander, Royal Artillery for the Third Army from 1918 and then Commander of British Troops in Palestine from 1921.

[2] He became Quartermaster-General for India in 1930 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1933; he retired in 1937.