Colonels


General James Abercromby
18th Dec 1755 - 29th May 1756
Field Marshal Studholme Hodgson
30th May 1756 - 23rd Oct 1759
Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin (Whitwell)
4th Lord Howard de Walden KB
24th Oct 1759 - 4th May 1760
Lt-General Edward Carr
5th May 1760 - 4th Sep 1764
General Sir William Boothby Bt
5th Sep 1764 - 2nd Feb 1774
General Michael O'Brien Dilkes
3rd Feb 1774 - 31st Aug 1775
Colonel Hon George Monson
1st Sep 1775 - 29th Apr 1777
General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson Bt
30th Apr 1777 - 30th Aug 1798
General Sir James Duff
31st Aug 1798 - 22nd Dec 1839
General Sir George Townshend Walker Bt GCB
23rd Dec 1839 ' 16th Nov 1842
Lt-General Sir Hudson Lowe KCB GCMG
17th Nov 1842 ' 19th Jan 1844
Lt-General Sir John Gardiner KCB
20th Jan 1844 - 27th Mar 1849
Major-General Sir Dudley St Leger Hill KCB
28th Mar 1849 - 10th Apr 1851
Lt-General William Francis Bentinck Loftus
11th Apr 1851 - 10th Oct 1852
Major-General James Allan CB
11th Oct 1852 - 27th Feb 1853
Lt-General Sir George Arthur Bt KCH
28th Feb 1853 - 19th Sep 1854
General Sir Richard England GCB KH
20th Sep 1854 - 19th Apr 1861
Lt-General George Morton Eden
20th Apr 1861 - 11th Nov 1862
Lt-General Marcus John Slade
12th Nov 1862 - 7th Mar 1872
General Sir Edward Walter Forestier-Walker KCB
8th Mar 1872 - 27th Jul 1881


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