General William Wylde CB (12 March 1788[1] – 14 April 1877) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior ceremonial position in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign.

Wylde was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1803[2] and rose through the officer ranks to become a Lieutenant-General in 1863.

[3] In the First Carlist War, he was British Commissioner to the Christinist Army, and played a significant role as artilleryman in relieving the siege of Bilbao by Carlist forces.

[4] He was made Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1863[5] and promoted to full General in 1866,[6] and then held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park from 1868.

Eldest son William Henry Wylde (1819–1909) of Chiswick distinguished himself in the Foreign Office.