Nevil Macready

General The Right Honourable Sir Nevil Macready Bt GCMG KCB
Lt-Gen Sir Nevil Macready, c. 1915
Birth name	Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready
Nickname(s)	Make-Ready
Born	(1862-05-07)7 May 1862 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Died	9 January 1946(1946-01-09) (aged 83) Knightsbridge, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1881–1923
Rank	General
Unit	Gordon Highlanders
Commands held	2nd Infantry Brigade Belfast District Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War Anglo-Irish War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches (6)

General Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC (Ire) (7 May 1862 – 9 January 1946), known affectionately as Make-Ready (close to the correct pronunciation of his name), was a British Army officer. He served in senior staff appointments in the First World War and was the last British military commander in Ireland, and also served for two years as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in London.