title: Donald Kenneth McLeod
text: # Donald Kenneth McLeod
  
  Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Kenneth McLeod KCIE, CB, DSO, DL (19 June 1885 – 25 October 1958) was a British Indian Army officer.
  
  ## Military career
  
  McLeod was commissioned into the Indian Army on 29 November 1904. He earned recognition with his appointment as a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 New Year Honours during the First World War.
  
  He became commanding officer Guides Cavalry in India in 1928, commander of the 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade in 1933 and commander of the 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade in 1934. He went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India in 1937 and, having been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 11 May 1937, he became General Officer Commanding Burma Command in January 1939 before retiring in 1942.
  
  He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1942 New Year Honours.
  
  He became a Deputy Lieutenant for Inverness-shire in 1955.
  
  