John Burnett-Stuart

Sir John Burnett-Stuart
Field Marshal Montgomery and General Burnett-Stuart (left) in the cockpit of Montgomery's personal aircraft in North-west Europe, 8 March 1945
Born	1875
Died	1958
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1895–1938
Rank	General
Commands held	Southern Command British Troops in Egypt 3rd Division Madras District in India
Battles/wars	North-West Frontier Second Boer War First World War Malabar Rebellion
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order
Other work	Deputy Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire

General Sir John Theodosius Burnett-Stuart GCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, DL (1875–1958) was a British Army general in the 1920s and 1930s.

Educated at Repton School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, John Burnett-Stuart was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1895. He saw service on the North-West Frontier of India between 1897 and 1898. He also served in the Second Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902, being awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1900.

He served in the First World War as a General Staff Officer in the British Expeditionary Force rising to become Deputy Adjutant General at General Headquarters for the British Armies in France in 1917.

After the War, in 1919, he was appointed General Officer Commanding Madras District in India where he was involved in the suppression of the Moplah Rebellion at Malabar between 1921 and 1922. The riots that he quashed were inspired by 10,000 guerrillas and led to 2,300 executions.