The Royal Horse Guards' Colonels


Aubrey de Vere
20th Earl of Oxford
26th Jan 1661
James FitzJames
Duke of Berwick
4th Feb 1688
James Hamilton
Earl of Arran
29th Nov 1688
Aubrey de Vere
20th Earl of Oxford
17th Dec 1688
George Fitzroy
Duke of Northumberland
13th Mar 1703
Richard Savage
Viscount Colchester
4th Jan 1712
Charles Mordaunt
3rd Earl of Peterborough
19th Aug 1712
John Campbell
2nd Duke of Argyll
13th Jun 1715
Charles Paulet
Marquess of Winchester
8th Mar 1717
John Campbell
2nd Duke of Argyll
6th Aug 1733
Algernon Seymour
Earl of Hertford
6th May 1740
John Campbell
2nd Duke of Argyll
24th Feb 1742
Algernon Seymour
Earl of Hertford
10th Mar 1742
Charles Lennox
2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
13th Feb 1750
Sir John Louis Ligonier
1st Earl Ligonier
27th Jan 1753
John Manners
Marquess of Granby
13th May 1758
Hon Henry Seymour Conway
24th Oct 1770
Charles Lennox
3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
15th Jul 1795
Hugh Percy
2nd Duke of Northumberland
30th Dec 1806
Sir Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington
1st Jan 1813
HRH Ernest Augustus
Duke of Cumberland (King of Hanover)
22nd Jan 1827
Sir Rowland Hill
1st Viscount Hill
19th Nov 1830
Henry William Paget
1st Marquess of Anglesey
20th Dec 1842
Fitzroy James Henry Somerset
1st Lord Raglan
8th May 1854
Sir Hugh Gough
1st Viscount Gough
29th Jun 1855
Sir Hugh Henry Rose
1st Lord Stratham
3rd Mar 1869
Sir Patrick Grant
17th Oct 1885
Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley
1st Viscount Wolseley
29th Mar 1895
Sir Henry Evelyn Wood
16th Nov 1907
Sir Douglas Haig
1st Earl Haig
23rd Jul 1919
Sir William Robert Robertson
30th Jan 1928
Sir William Riddell Birdwood
1st Lord Birdwood
13th Feb 1933
Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse
18th Aug 1951
Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer
5th Dec 1962


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