General Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford GCB (3 April 1816 – 13 September 1885) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

[3] He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1833.

[4] He served in the repression of the Indian Mutiny, having been made Commander of the 6th Brigade at the Capture of Lucknow.

[5] He was made Deputy Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters in 1860, a Brigade commander at Aldershot in 1866, Major-General on the General Staff at Malta in 1869 and General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in January 1872.

[4] In retirement he was involved in an accident when Frederick Gye, Manager of the Royal Italian Opera, was assisting Horsford over a fence.