Lieutenant-General John Clitherow (13 December 1782 – 14 October 1852) was a British army officer and colonial administrator.

[5] In 1838, Clitherow was posted to British North America, to serve as commanding officer of the military district of Montreal.

Clitherow arrived in Montreal in March, 1838, shortly after the Lower Canada Rebellion had broken out in late 1837.

He served as an advisor to Lord Durham as a member of the Special Council that administered Lower Canada following the rebellion.

[6] Clitherow remained the Deputy Governor General for six days, until the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Canada, Sir Richard Downes Jackson, was appointed as Administrator.