Brigadier Sir Iltyd Nicholl Clayton KBE (15 September 1886 – 30 June 1955) was a British Army officer notable for his attachment to the Middle East Office in Cairo during and after World War II and his involvement in the formation of Arab League and formulation of post-war British policy in the Middle East.
[1][2] Clayton also wanted to create the Greater Syria which would enhance the British dominating influence in the Middle East against Soviet threats, in addition to opposing an independent Jewish State in Palestine.
[3] Clayton conspired with others, including the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, to pressure King Farouk I into invading Israel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
After post-war spells in Iraq and Cairo, he served as Regimental lieutenant colonel of the Royal Artillery from 1934 to 1938 and retired in 1939.
Recalled to service during the Second World War, he served as Advisor on Arab Affairs to the British Government (1943–45).