Colonel John Anderson GILRUTH (born 17 February, 1871, Auchmithie, Forfarshire, Scotland; Died: 4 March 1937, South Yarra, Melbourne) was a veterinary scientist and administrator. He is particularly noted for being Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1912 to 1918.

See: Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Anderson Gilruth.

GILRUTH was an officer with the New Zealand Military Forces and transferred to the Australian Militia as Colonel, 29 June 1912.

Sydney Mail, 26 May 1915, p. 24.