William Forbes Lumsden, DSO (4 September 1879 – 28 October 1956) was a British Army officer and Scottish first-class cricketer.
[5] He progressed in the military to become an adjutant in the Territorial Force from September 1908 to October 1909,[6][7] later being promoted to captain in November 1911.
[2] At the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914, he was restored to the Royal Garrison Artillery,[10] with promotion to major following in December 1915.
[13] Lumsden was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 New Year Honours and served in the Mesopotamian campaign in the latter stages of the war.
[18] Returning to Scotland, Lumsden was the Unionist Party candidate for Aberdeen North in the 1923 general election,[19] but was defeated by Labour's Frank Rose.