Cyril Rodney Harbord CB, CMG, DSO was a cavalry officer and brigadier-general in the British Indian Army. He served in the 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse), and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), invested as a Companion, to the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and invested as a Companion, of the Order of the Bath (CB). He saw active service in the Second Boer War, the Somaliland Campaign and the First World War. He rose in rank to command the 15th (Imperial Service) and the 2nd Indian Cavalry Brigades.