Major General Michael Ian Eldon Scott, CB, CBE, DSO (born 3 March 1941) is a retired British Army officer who took part in the Falklands War, and held the office of the Military Secretary of the British Army.

In post-military life he was the Bar Council's Complaints Commissioner, and has published several books of history.

[1] After the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina in early April 1982, in mid-June 1982 Scott commanded the victorious attack of the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards and supporting units at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown against positions held by the Argentinian Marines' 5th Naval Infantry Battalion, which cleared the way to Port Stanley and ended the war.

[1] In 1993 he was made General Officer Commanding Scotland and was Governor of Edinburgh Castle.

[2] On retiring from the British Army after thirty seven years in 1997, Scott was the first lay Complaints Commissioner of the General Council of the Bar,[5] and has published several books on eclectic subject matter, ranging from British Imperial military history, Victorian high society scandals, and his experiences in Bar Council's Complaints Commission.