| James Dick-Cunyngham | |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1877[1] |
| Birth Place: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire[2] |
| Death Date: | [3] |
| Death Place: | Colchester, Essex |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1898–1935 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Commands: | South-Eastern Command 4th Division 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade |
| Battles: | First World War |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major General James Keith Dick-Cunyngham, (28 March 1877 – 6 November 1935) was a British Army officer who commanded the 4th Division in 1935.
Educated at Cheltenham College,[4] Dick-Cunyngham was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1898.[5] He served in the Second Boer War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), which he received from King Edward VII in an investiture at St. James′s Palace on 2 June 1902.[6] He later served in the First World War, briefly commanding the 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade before being taken prisoner-of-war at Le Cornet Malo in Northern France in April 1918.[7] After the war he became an Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office,[5] then commanded the British troops in France and Flanders until November 1921. He was appointed commander of the 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade again in 1927 and then took a tour as Brigadier on the General Staff at Southern Command in India before becoming General Officer Commanding 53rd (Welsh) Division in 1932.[5] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 4th Division in June 1935 before he died in November 1935.[5]
In 1905 Dick-Cunyngham married Alice Daisy Deane, daughter of Sir Harold Arthur Deane and sister of Lady Humphrys. They had two daughters.[4]
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