Vice Admiral Sir Roderick Douglas Macdonald KBE (25 February 1921 – 19 January 2001) was Chief of Staff of Naval Home Command.

Educated at Fettes College, Macdonald joined the Royal Navy in 1939.

[1] After the War he commanded various ships and was mentioned in dispatches for actions against EOKA.

[1] In 1973 he was appointed Chief of Staff[2] Naval Home Command and then in 1976 he became Chief of Staff of Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe at NATO.

[3] In 1993, his book 'The Figurehead' was published detailing his early war time career in the Royal Navy ISBN 978-1-85821-056-8.