Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander James Wilson KBE MC (13 April 1921 – 17 December 2004) was a British Army officer who commanded South East District.

[1][2] He served in World War II in North Africa and in Italy earning the MC for taking the village of Lusia.

[2][3] After the war he served as private secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the newly independent Pakistan Army.

[4] He was appointed chief of staff for the United Nations force in Cyprus in 1964, Commander of 147th Infantry Brigade in 1966 and Director of Army Recruiting at the Ministry of Defence in 1967.

He was also chairman and then chief executive of the Tobacco Advisory Council[2] and a Football Correspondent for The Sunday Times.