John Aitchison

General Sir John Aitchison GCB (25 April 1779 – 12 May 1875) was a British Army officer.

Military career Aitchison was commissioned at 16 into the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, later to be the Scots Guards. He took part in the crossing of the River Douro during the Peninsular War. He fought at the Battle of Talavera in July 1809, the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810 and the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812 before seeing action at the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813, the Siege of San Sebastián in July 1813 and the Battle of Nivelle in November 1813. He was promoted full general on 30 July 1860.

He died in 1875 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in a mausoleum west of the main chapel. Archibald John Aitchison (c1861–1908), who married in 1903 Evelyn Charlotte Ram, daughter of Rev. George Stopford Ram and Hon. Mrs. Ram (née Hon. Charlotte Anne O′Bren, daughter of 13th Baron Inchiquin).