General Sir Kenneth Thomas Darling GBE, KCB, DSO (17 September 1909 – 31 October 1998) was a senior British Army officer who after serving with distinction during the Second World War was Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Allied Forces Northern Europe 1967–69.

His younger brother, the future Major General Douglas Darling (1914–1978), was also to become a distinguished soldier.

[5] Soon after the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 Darling returned to the United Kingdom where, from January−April 1940 he attended the Staff College, Camberley as a student, and after graduating he was made a brigade major with the 1st London Brigade, part of the 1st London Division.

His wife's sister, Cynthia, was married to the soldier and racing correspondent Roger Mortimer.

[citation needed] Darling lived at Vicarage Farmhouse, Chesterton, Oxfordshire from 1958 until his death on 31 October 1998.