Major General Francis Hedley Roberton "Buster" Howes, CB, OBE (born 22 March 1960) is a former Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from February 2010 to December 2011.

Howes was educated at Christ's Hospital, a private school in Horsham, West Sussex.

[3] Howes led 42 Commando during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, for which he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

[2] He became Chief Joint Coordination and Effects in Headquarters ISAF in Afghanistan in 2007,[4] and Director of Naval Staff later that year.

[8] In June 2020, Howes was appointed Chief Executive of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo after having served as a non-executive director of the organisation since 2015.