| Name
|
Entered command
|
Left command
|
| Colonel The Lord Wentworth
|
1656
|
23 November 1660
|
| Colonel John Russell
|
23 November 1660
|
14 December 1681
|
| Brigadier-General The Duke of Grafton
|
14 December 1681
|
30 November 1688
|
| Colonel The Earl of Lichfield
|
30 November 1688
|
31 December 1688
|
| Brigadier-General The Duke of Grafton
|
31 December 1688
|
16 March 1689
|
| Lieutenant-General The Viscount Sydney
|
16 March 1689
|
27 December 1690
|
| General The Duke of Schomberg
|
27 December 1690
|
17 October 1693
|
| Lieutenant-General The Viscount Sydney later The Earl of Romney
|
27 November 1693
|
8 April 1704
|
| General The Duke of Marlborough
|
25 April 1704
|
1 January 1712
|
| General The Duke of Ormonde
|
1 January 1712
|
26 September 1714
|
| General The Duke of Marlborough
|
26 September 1714
|
16 June 1722
|
| General The Earl Cadogan
|
18 June 1722
|
17 July 1726
|
| General Sir Charles Wills
|
26 September 1726
|
18 February 1742
|
| General H.R.H. The Duke of Cumberland
|
18 February 1742
|
30 November 1757
|
| Field Marshal The Viscount Ligonier later The Earl Ligonier |
30 November 1757
|
28 April 1770
|
|
| Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
|
30 April 1770
|
25 August 1805
|
| Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of York and Albany
|
5 September 1805
|
5 January 1827
|
| Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington
|
22 January 1827
|
14 September 1852
|
| Field Marshal H.R.H. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha later The Prince Consort
|
23 September 1852
|
14 December 1861
|
| Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge
|
15 December 1861
|
17 March 1904
|
| Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
|
1 May 1904
|
16 January 1942
|
| Colonel H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth later Duchess of Edinburgh
|
16 January 1942
|
6 February 1952
|
| General The Lord Jeffreys
|
8 April 1952
|
19 December 1960
|
| Major-General Sir Allan Adair
|
19 December 1960
|
1 March 1975
|
| Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
|
1 March 1975
|
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