Major General Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, CB, CMG, CBE, DSO, ADC (5 May 1878 – 29 January 1945) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander of British Troops in China from 1935 to 1938.

[2] He was a keen cricketer and played for Berkshire County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Championship.

[3] He became an Adjutant in 1910[4] and then served in the First World War, initially as a Brigade Major[5] and then as a General Staff Officer.

[6] In 1929, he became an instructor at the Senior Officers' School[7] and in 1931 he was made Commander Royal Artillery for 4th Division[8] Then in 1933 he was appointed Inspector of the Royal Artillery.

[12] He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1942[13] until his death and Aide-de-Camp to King George V.[14] He lived at The Manor House in Ottery St Mary in Devon.