Commander in Chief

Name	Entered office	Left office	Notes
The Duke of Monmouth	30 March 1674	1679	Captain-General from 1678
The Earl of Marlborough	3 June 1690	30 April 1691
The Duke of Leinster	30 April 1691	1697
The Earl of Marlborough from 1702, the Duke of Marlborough	24 April 1702	1 January 1712	Captain-General
The Duke of Ormonde	1 January 1712	23 September 1714	Captain-General
vacant	23 September 1714	1 January 1744
The Earl of Stair	1 January 1744	1745
George Wade	1745	10 December 1745
HRH The Duke of Cumberland	10 December 1745	24 October 1757	also Captain-General
Sir John Ligonier from December 1757, the Viscount Ligonier	24 October 1757	13 August 1766
Marquess of Granby	13 August 1766	17 January 1770
vacant	17 January 1770	19 March 1778
The Lord Amherst	19 March 1778	29 March 1782
Henry Seymour Conway	29 March 1782	19 December 1783
vacant	19 December 1783	21 January 1793
The Lord Amherst	21 January 1793	11 February 1795
HRH The Duke of York	11 February 1795	25 March 1809	also Captain-General from 1798
Sir David Dundas	25 March 1809	29 May 1811
HRH The Duke of York	29 May 1811	6 January 1827	also Captain-General
vacant	6 January 1827	27 August 1827
The Duke of Wellington	27 August 1827	14 February 1828
The Lord Hill	25 February 1828	15 August 1842
The Duke of Wellington	15 August 1842	14 September 1852
The Viscount Hardinge	28 December 1852	15 July 1856
HRH The Duke of Cambridge	15 July 1856	1 November 1895
The Viscount Wolseley	1 November 1895	3 January 1901
The Earl Roberts	1 January 1901	February 1904