Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas KCB KCH (1779 – 1 September 1853) was a British Army officer who fought at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and later became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

He was born in Glasgow the fifth son of John Douglas a merchant and descendant of the Earls of Angus.

[2] He served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland[3][4] and also as Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1842[5] to 1847 at the rank of Major General.

They had a son, General Sir John Douglas of Glenfinart GCB (7 July 1817 – 8 September 1888), a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

[6] His nephew was Sir James Douglas, 1st Governor of British Columbia.