| William Cleeve | |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1853[1] |
| Birth Place: | Barbados, Lesser Antilles |
| Death Place: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Placeofburial: | Llanfrechfa, Wales |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1873–1918 |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Unit: | Royal Artillery |
| Commands: | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Battles: | Second Anglo-Afghan War First World War |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General William Frederick Cleeve, (24 January 1853 - 31 January 1922) was a British Army officer who served as commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from 1914 to 1918.
Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 29 April 1873.[2] He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80),[2] was promoted to captain on 1 September 1882, to major on 12 February 1890, and to lieutenant-colonel on 3 January 1899.[3] He was appointed Chief Instructor in Gunnery in 1901, and promoted to colonel on 3 January 1903. In 1914 he was appointed commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, holding that post throughout the First World War.[2]
Cleeve was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916.
In 1894, Cleeve married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell.[4]