Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Roche Elles GCIE KCB DL (9 June 1848 – 6 January 1934) was a British Army officer who served in Egypt and India during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Elles entered the Royal Artillery in 1867 and was promoted to colonel in 1891.

He served in Egypt and India, including the Indian Frontier, and was appointed a district commander in Peshawar on 18 October 1895.

[3] Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Sir William Nicholson (then Adjutant-General in India) was posted to South Africa, and Elles was appointed acting Adjutant-General on 4 January 1900.

[4][5] In December 1900 he was appointed to command a First class district in India (possibly Secunderabad district),[6] but was replaced four months later, in April 1901,[6] after he had been appointed an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India in March 1901.