Major General was a high military rank above brigadier and below lieutenant general.
Scobie, a leading member of the British Army, held the rank of major general. (TV: Spearhead from Space; PROSE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion)
One of the best known songs from rom "The Pirates of Penzance" was "The Modern Major General". (AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pirates; PROSE: Artificial Intelligence, Grimm Reality)
Fergus Lethbridge-Stewart, the Duke of Wellington's right-hand man during the Battle of Waterloo, held the rank of major general. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)