Major-General James Doiran Lunt CBE (1917–2001) was a senior British Army officer and military historian.
Lunt was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment and was posted to Multan, India, later serving in Amritsar.
He served in the Far East during the Second World War, taking part in the retreat from Burma in 1942.
Lunt's final military appointment was Vice-Adjutant General of the British Army from 1971 to 1973.
He was the author of biographies and books on military history including Glubb Pasha (1984), A Hell of a Licking: Retreat from Burma, 1941-42 (1986), Hussein of Jordan (1989), Scarlet Lancers: The story of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 1689–1992 (1993) and Jai Sixth!