John Doran (British Army officer)

General Sir John Doran KCB (2 October 1824 – 25 September 1903) was a British Army officer from an established Irish Family with links to Irish nobility. He saw extensive service in India and the North West Frontier. He had originally taken a commission in one of the East India Company Regiments (the 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry ) in 1842. In 1893, whilst serving as a senior officer (a lieutenant general) in India he was knighted (KCB). He was promoted full general on 1 April 1894.

He was married to Georgina Sultana Magrath. The Dorans would have four sons and four daughters; three of the sons would have military careers and serve as officers in World War 1. Two would retire in the rank of general. One daughter would marry a senior British Army officer, and another would serve as a sister in the Army Nursing Service, and died after contracting gastritis during her nursing efforts at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, during the Boer War.

This military family had strong links with the County Wexford in Ireland. His father was Major John Doran of Ely House, Wexford.