Colonels


Colonel William Cavendish
1st Duke of Devonshire KG

31st Dec 1688 - 9th April 1690
General Meinhardt Schomberg
3rd Duke of Schomberg KG (Duke of Leinster)
10th April 1690 - 26th Jan 1711
Colonel Charles Schomberg
Marquess of Harwich
27th Jan 1711 - 11th Oct 1713
Major-General Charles Sybourg

12th Oct 1713 - 17th July 1720
Field Marshal Sir John Louis Ligonier
1st Earl Ligonier KB
18th July 1720 - 23rd July 1749
General Sir John Mordaunt KB

24th July 1749 - 31st Oct 1749
Major-General Henry de Grangues
1st Nov 1749 - 7th July 1754
Field Marshal Hon Henry Seymour Conway
8th July 1754 - 4th April 1759
General Philip Honywood
5th April 1759 - 6th June 1782
Field Marshal Studholme Hodgson
7th June 1782 - 16th Mar 1789
General Charles Grey
1st Earl Grey KB
17th Mar 1789 - 4th Nov 1795
Lt-General Sir Ralph Abercromby KB
5th Nov 1795 - 1st Nov 1796
General Sir William Medows KB
2nd Nov 1796 - 19th Nov 1813
General Richard Rich Wilford
20th Nov 1813 - 23rd Dec 1822
Lt-General Sir Robert Bolton GCH
24th Dec 1822 - 17th Mar 1836
General Sir Evan Lloyd KCH
18th Mar 1836 - 9th Mar 1846
General Sir George Scovell GCB
10th Mar 1846 - 17th Dec 1847
General Hon Sir Henry Murray KCB
18th Dec 1847 - 17th Mar 1853
Lt-General Arthur Moyse William Hill
2nd Lord Sandys
18th Mar 1853 - 25th Aug 1858
Lt-General Sir Michael White KCB
24th Aug 1858 - 27th Jan 1868
General Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget KCB
28th Jan 1868 - 6th Jan 1874
General Robert Wardlaw CB
7th Jan 1874 - 1st Dec 1885
Lt-General Charles Sawyer
2nd Dec 1885 - 22nd Sep 1891
Lt-General Edward Burgoyne Cuerton
23rd Sep 1891 - 29th April 1892
Lt-General Andrew Nugent
30th April 1892 - 9th Feb 1900
Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart Bt GCVO KCB
10th Feb 1900 - 1928


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