General Sir John Garvock (15 March 1817 – 10 November 1878) was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1860s.

Garvock, the only son of Maj. John Garvock of the Royal Horse Guards and his wife, Margaret, was born in Kennington, Surrey, in 1817.

[3] Garvock was commissioned into the 10th Regiment of Foot in 1835.

[6] In 1863 he took command of the Eusufzye Field Force, a formation which conducted a foray against Hindustani tribesmen in Umbela (now Ambela) in the North West Frontier during what is now known as the Ambela Campaign.

[7] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District in England in October 1866 and General Officer Commanding Southern District in July 1877.