Lieutenant General Edward Westby Donovan KLH (6 September 1821 – 1897) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.

[1] He fought in the Crimean War and was severely wounded at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1855.

[2] For this he was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur.

[3] In 1878 he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements, a post he held until 1882.

[6] Edward Westby Donovan belonged to the distinguished Ballymore sept of the O'Donovans of Clanloughlin.