Royal B. Lord

Royal B. Lord
Born	(1899-09-19)19 September 1899 Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Died	21 October 1963(1963-10-21) (aged 64) Rancho Santa Fe, California, US
Place of burial	Chapel of the Chimes (Hayward, California)
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1923–1946
Rank	Major General
Service number	O-15119
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal (2) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (UK) Croix de Guerre with palm (France) Commander of the Legion of Honor (France)

Royal Bertrand Lord (19 September 1899 – 21 October 1963) was a United States Army general who served in World War II.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, ranked 4th in the class of 1923, Lord served as an instructor in tactics at West Point, and on construction projects including flood control on the Mississippi River and the Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power project in Maine. From 1936 to 1938 he was the head of the construction division of the Resettlement Administration and then the Farm Security Administration. During World War II he was the chief of staff of the Communications Zone in the European Theater of Operations, United States Army. He retired in 1946.