Major-General Sir Nigel (Prior Hanson) Tapp KBE CB DSO (1904–1991) was General Officer Commanding East Africa Command of the British Army.

Educated at Bedford School, Nigel Tapp was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1924.

[1] He was made deputy director, Royal Artillery in 1949.

[1] He became Commander, Royal Artillery, for 1st (British) Corps in 1951 and General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti Aircraft Group in 1954.

[1] He was Director of Military Training at the War Office from 1955 to 1957 when he became General Officer Commanding East Africa Command; he retired in 1961.