Editing James Howden MacBrien (section)

{{Short description|Canadian Army general officer (1878–1938)}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = Sir James MacBrien
| image         = James Howden MacBrien.jpg
| caption       = Sir James MacBrien
| rank          = [[Major-General]]
| branch        = [[Canadian Militia]]
| commands      = [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]]
| battles       = [[Second Boer War]]<br>[[World War I]]
| family        = 
| nickname      = 
| allegiance    = [[Canada]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1878|06|30|df=y}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1938|03|05|1878|06|30|df=y}}
| birth_place   = near [[Myrtle, Ontario]]
| death_place   = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| placeofburial = [[Beechwood Cemetery]], [[Ottawa, Ontario]]
| serviceyears  = 
| laterwork     = 
| awards        = [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br>[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br>[[Venerable Order of Saint John|Order of St. John]]
}}
[[Major General]] '''Sir James Howden MacBrien''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB|CMG|DSO|CStJ}} (30 June 1878 – 5 March 1938) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] soldier and [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the General Staff]], the head of the [[Canadian Militia]] (renamed the [[Canadian Army]] in 1940) from 1920 until 1927.