Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Robert Macrae Borton, KCB, DSO, MBE (born 1969), is a retired British Army officer, who served as commander of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps from 2021 to 2024.

[2] He would later study for a Master of Arts degree in defence management and technology at the Royal Military College of Science.

[4] After serving as a Staff Officer at the headquarters of Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq),[3] then Commanding Officer of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2008, Borton was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 6 March 2009 for his military service in Afghanistan.

[5] He was appointed commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in April 2013,[6] and Director of Overseas Operations at the Ministry of Defence in September 2015.

[10] He handed over the responsibility of the corps to Sir Ralph Wooddisse in early 2024,[11] and retired from the army on 15 June 2024.