Major General Ian Lennox Freer, CB, CBE (born 18 May 1941)[1] is a retired British Army officer who commanded the 5th Division from 1995 to 1996.
Freer was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
[2] He was appointed Chief of British Mission to Soviet Forces in Europe in 1989 and then served as Commander Land Forces in Northern Ireland from 1991 to 1994 during The Troubles.
[4] Freer was appointed colonel of the Staffordshire Regiment from 1990 to 1995.
[5] On his retirement in 1996 Freer settled in Melbourne, Australia, and became chairman of Ocean Software.