Lieutenant General John Henry Ford Elkington CB (10 April 1830 – 21 February 1889) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

[4] He was appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General to the Ottoman Contingent during the Crimean War and then became Aide-de-Camp to Sir John Michel during the Indian Mutiny.

[5] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1885 and died in office in 1889.

[7] His son, John Ford Elkington, was also an officer in the Royal Warwickshire regiment, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and command of a battalion.

He was cashiered in 1914 during the First World War and afterwards served in the French Foreign Legion, winning medals for bravery.