Kenneth McLean

Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Graeme McLean, (11 December 1896 – 5 June 1987) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary from 1949 to 1951.

Military career McLean served in the ranks during the First World War and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1918. After the war he served in Ireland from 1919 and then with King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners in India from 1923. in 1943 he became Chief Operations Officer for the 21st Army Group and, in this capacity, was involved in the planning of Operation Overlord. He was promoted to the acting rank of major-general on 26 April 1945, shortly before the end of the war in Europe.

After the war McLean became Deputy Adjutant General at General Headquarters Far East Land Forces and then at General Headquarters Middle East Land Forces. He retired in 1954. He also raised money for the repair of St Paul's Cathedral.