Lieutenant General John Neptune Sargent CB (18 June 1826 – 20 October 1893) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.

[3] He fought in the Crimean War at the Battle of Alma and was wounded;[2] he also fought at the Battle of Inkerman[2] and the Siege of Sevastopol of 1855 where he was again wounded.

[4] He also took part in the Second Opium War in 1860, leading a detachment during the storming of the north Taku Forts.

[2] He was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements in 1882,[5] and retired in 1890.

[6] He was also colonel of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 1891 to his death in 1893.