Ian Jacob

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Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Claud Jacob GBE, CB
Jacob as a brigadier at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943
Born	(1899-09-27)27 September 1899 Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, British India
Died	24 April 1993(1993-04-24) (aged 93)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1918–1946, 1952
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	15845
Unit	Royal Engineers
Battles / wars	North-West Frontier Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath
Relations	Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob (father)
Other work	Director-General of the BBC (1952–59)

Lieutenant General Sir Edward Ian Claud Jacob GBE, CB (27 September 1899 – 24 April 1993), known as Ian Jacob, was a British Army officer, who served as the Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and was later a distinguished broadcasting executive, serving as the Director-General of the BBC from 1952 to 1959.