Grenadier Guardsedit

From British Offices and Honours

[edit] Colonels of the Grenadier Guards, 1656-present

Name Entered command Left command Notes
Col. The Lord Wentworth 1656 23 November 1660
Col. John Russell 23 November 1660 14 December 1681
Brig-Gen. The Duke of Grafton 14 December 1681 30 November 1688
Col. The Earl of Lichfield 30 November 1688 31 December 1688
Brig-Gen. The Duke of Grafton 31 December 1688 16 March 1689
Lt-Gen. The Viscount Sydney 16 March 1689 27 December 1690
Gen. The Duke of Schomberg 27 December 1690 17 October 1693
Lt-Gen. The Viscount Sydney
from 1694, the Earl of Romney
27 November 1693 8 April 1704
Gen. The Duke of Marlborough 25 April 1704 1 January 1712
Gen. The Duke of Ormonde 1 January 1712 26 September 1714
Gen. The Duke of Marlborough 26 September 1714 16 June 1722
Gen. The Earl Cadogan 18 June 1722 17 July 1726
Gen. Sir Charles Wills 26 September 1726 18 February 1742
Gen. HRH The Duke of Cumberland 18 February 1742 30 November 1757
F.M. [[John Ligonier, 1st Earl LigonierThe Viscount Ligonier]]
from 1766, the Earl Ligonier
30 November 1757 28 April 1770
F.M. HRH The Duke of Gloucester 30 April 1770 25 August 1805
F.M. HRH The Duke of York 5 September 1805 5 January 1827
F.M. The Duke of Wellington 22 January 1827 14 September 1852
F.M. HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
from 1857, the Prince Consort
23 September 1852 14 December 1861
F.M. HRH The Duke of Cambridge 15 December 1861 17 March 1904
F.M. HRH The Duke of Connaught 1 May 1904 16 January 1942
Col. HRH The Princess Elizabeth 16 January 1942 6 February 1952
Gen. The Lord Jeffreys 8 April 1952 19 December 1960
Maj-Gen. Sir Allan Adair 19 December 1960 1 March 1975
F.M. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1 March 1975 current incumbent
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