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Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Claud Jacob | |
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_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg) Jacob as a brigadier at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 | |
| Born | 27 September 1899 Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, British India |
| Died | 24 April 1993 (aged 93) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  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.