Sir Philip James Vandeleur Kelly KCMG DSO (1878–1948) was a cavalry officer and a brigadier-general of the British Army.

Kelly of Castle Connell, County Limerick, Ireland graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 3 May 1898 and joined the 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars as a second lieutenant the following day.

[3] Eight years later, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army and as a captain was awarded the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class.

[5] As a lieutenant-colonel he was given command of the Anglo Egyptian Darfur Expedition and following its successful conclusion was awarded a British Distinguished Service Order,[6] and made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George both in 1917.

His last military post was as commanding officer of the 14th West Riding Battalion, Home Guard during the Second World War.