King's Dragoon Guards' Colonels

	Lieutenant-General Sir John Lanier 6 June 1685 - 9 Aug 1692
	General Hon Henry Lumley 10 Aug 1692 - 12 Dec 1717
	Colonel Richard Ingram, 5th Viscount Irvine 13 Dec 1717 - 9 April 1721
	Field Marshal Sir Richard Temple Bt, 1st Viscount Cobham 10 April 1721 - 21 June 1733
	Lieutenant-General Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke 22 June 1733 - 17 April 1743
	General Sir Philip Honywood KB 18 April 1743 - 17 June 1752
	Lieutenant-General Sir Humphrey Bland 8 July 1752 - 8 May 1763
	General John Mostyn 13 May 1763 - 16 Feb 1779
	Field Marshal Sir George Howard KB 21 April 1779 - 16 July 1796
	General Sir William Augustus Pitt KB 18 July 1796 - 29 Dec 1809
	General Frederick Augustus Eliott, 2nd Lord Heathfield 4 Jan 1810 - 26 Jan 1813
	General Sir David Dundas GCB 27 Jan 1813 - 18 Feb 1820
	General Francis Edward Gwyn 19 Feb 1820 - 24 Jan 1821
	General William Cartwright 25 Jan 1821 - 9 Feb 1827
	General Sir Henry Fane GCB 24 Feb 1827 - 24 Mar 1840
	General Hon Sir William Lumley GCB 30 April 1840 - 15 Dec 1850
	General Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart GCB 9 Jan 1851 - 16 July 1859
	General Sir Thomas William Brotherton GCB 17 July 1859 - 20 Jan 1868
	General Sir James Jackson GCB KH 21 Jan 1868 - 31 Dec 1871
	General Henry Aitchison Hankey 1 Jan 1872 - 24 June 1886
	Lieutenant-General Sir James Robert Steadman Sayer KCB 25 June 1886 - 12 June 1908
	Major-General William Vesey Brownlow CB 13 June 1908 - 15 Mar 1926
	Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Briggs KCB KCMG 16 Mar 1926 - 31 Dec 1939
	Brigadier-General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie VC GCMG CB DSO 1 Jan 1940 - 6 July 1945
	Brigadier Sidney Gerald Howes DSO MC 7 July 1945 - 13 Mar 1953
	Brigadier John Gerhard Edward Tiarks 14 Mar 1953 - 1 Jan 1959