Graf August Karl Wilhelm von Kanitz (29 October 1783 – 22 May 1852) was a Prussian lieutenant general and was also the minister of war from 26 April to 16 June 1848 (without party affiliation) in the Camphausen-Hansemann government.
Two years later he was assigned to be adjutant to Frederick William III of Prussia.
Camphausen had originally planned to make Colonel Hans Adolf Erdmann von Auerswald his Minister of War.
However, as part of an early power struggle over the right to decide on military matters, King Frederick William IV refused to appoint him and instead chose Kanitz.
Von Kanitz was a Freemason and belonged to the Grand Lodge "Zu den drei Weltkugeln" in Berlin.