Patrick Leonard MacDougall

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Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall, KCMG (10 August 181928 November 1894) was a British General and author.

In 1878, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America. Three times, in 1878, 1881 to 1882, and 1882 to 1883, he was the administrator of the government of Canada in the absence of the Governor General of Canada.

He is the author of The Theory of War (1856), Campaigns of Hannibal (1858), Modern Warfare as influenced by Modern Artillery (1864), The army and its reserves (1869), and Modern infantry tactics (1873).

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