Sir John Stuart Donald KCSI CIE (1 September 1861 – 1948) served as the Chief Commissioner of the North West Frontier Province of British India from 1913 till 1915.
By autumn of that year, he was attached to the Shirani Field Force of the Zhob Expedition which earned him a "Mention in Despatches" distinction.
In August 1893, he accompanied Sir H. Mortimer Durand on a mission to Kabul for negotiations with the Emir of Afghanistan on the Afghan-India border dispute.
He spent 1897 in Moscow studying the Russian language and then moved to London to become a qualified interpreter at the Civil Service Examinations.
He was appointed Chief Commissioner and Agent to the Governor General in the North-West Frontier Province.
Charles Hilliard Donald was Warden of the Punjab Game and Fisheries Department and was the author of several books on wildlife in India.