Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (April 23, 1861 – May 14, 1936) is an English soldier and British Imperial Governor.

He fights in the Second Boer War and also in the First World War, in which he leads the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the conquest of Palestine.

The British succeed  in capturing Beersheba, Jaffa, and Jerusalem from October to December 1917.

His forces occupy the Jordan Valley during the summer of 1918, then go on to capture northern Palestine and defeat the Ottoman Yildirim Army Group's Eighth Army at the Battle of Megiddo, forcing the Fourth and Seventh Army to retreat towards Damascus.

Subsequently, the EEF Pursuit by Desert Mounted Corps captures Damascus and advances into northern Syria.

During this pursuit, he commandw T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), whose campaign with Faisal's Arab Sherifial Forces assist the EEF's capture of Ottoman Empire territory and fight the Battle of Aleppo, five days before the Armistice of Mudros ends the campaign on October 30, 1918.

He continues to serve in the region as High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan from 1919 until 1925.