The Royal Horse Guards' Commanding Officers


Wynter Blathwayte
Nov 1772 - Dec 1794
Miles Staveley
Dec 1794 - Sep 1799
William Paul de Cerjat
Jan 1800 - May 1803
Charles Armand Dashwood
May 1803 - Nov 1804
Warden Sergison
Nov 1804 - Mar 1806
John Dorrien
Mar 1806 - 24 Jul 1823
Robert Christopher Packe
Commanded in Peninsula Feb-Jun 1813
Sir Robert Chambre Hill Kt
Commanded at Waterloo 18 Jun 1815
Clement Delves Hill
24 Jul 1823 - 1837
William Richardson
10 Jan 1837 - 16 Sep 1845
Everard William Bouverie
16 Sep 1845 - 2 Sep 1853
Hon George Cecil Weld Forester
2 Sep 1853 - 5 Mar 1861
Hugh Smith Baillie
5 Mar 1861 - 7 Dec 1866
Duncan James Baillie
7 Dec 1866 - 11 Sep 1875
Owen Lewis Cope Williams
11 Sep 1875 - 11 Sep 1880
Cecil Robert St John Ives
11 Sep 1880 - 6 Apr 1881
Frederick Gustavus Burnaby
6 Apr 1881- 17 Jan 1885
David Milne Home
18 Jan 1885 - 18 Nov 1886
Hon Oliver George Powlett Montagu
18 Nov 1886 - 18 Jan 1891
Charles Gore, Earl of Erroll
18 Jan 1891 - 18 Jan 1895
John Fielden Brocklehurst MVO
18 Jan1895 - 7 Oct 1899
George, Lord Binning MVO
7 Oct 1899 - 7 Oct 1903
Henry Thomas Fenwick
7 Oct 1903 - 7 Oct 1907
Arthur Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee
7 Oct 1907 - 7 Oct 1911
Gordon Chesney Wilson MVO
7 Oct 1911 - 7 Nov 1914
Gerald James FitzGerald
7 Nov 1914 - 7 Nov 1918
Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks, Lord Tweedmouth CMG DSO MVO
7 Nov 1918 - 1 Feb 1922
Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse CMG DSO
1 Feb 1922 - 1 Feb 1926
Lord Alistair Robert Innes-Ker DSO
1 Feb 1926 - 26 June 1930
D C Bowles
26 June 1930 - 26 June 1934
Frederick Bertram de Klée
26 June 1934 - 26 June 1938
Cecil George Wilfred Weld-Forester, Lord Forester
26 June 1938 -
Henry Abel Smith DSO
26 June 1944


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