Major General Ian Stanley Ord Playfair, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (10 April 1894 – 21 March 1972) was a British Army officer.

[2] He served in France and Belgium during the First World War and was mentioned in despatches, awarded the Military Cross and Bar and the Distinguished Service Order.

[3] Playfair became officer commanding the Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Marine Artillery in 1920, attended the Staff College, Camberley, from 1929 to 1930, was chief instructor in field works and bridging at the Royal School of Military Engineering in 1930 and an instructor at the Indian Army Staff College in Quetta in 1934.

[3] In 1943, Playfair was appointed to the general staff of the 11th Army Group, in the South East Asia Command.

[2] He later wrote several books, and was co-author of a Second World War official campaign history: The Mediterranean and Middle East.