| Colonel Henry Cornwall 19 Jun 1685 - 19 Nov 1688 |
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| Colonel John Cunningham 31 Dec 1688 - 30 Apr 1689 |
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General William Steuart 11 May 1689 - 26 July 1715 |
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Lt-General Hon. Sir James Campbell KB (of Lawars) 27 Jul 1715 - 14 Feb 1717 |
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Major-General Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart 15 Feb 1717 - 6 Jan 1718 |
| Colonel James Otway 7 Jan 1718 - 24 Dec 1725 |
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Brigadier-General Richard Kane 25 Dec 1725 - 26 Jan 1737 |
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Lt-General William Hargrave 27 Jan 1737 - 27 Aug 1739 |
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Lt-General George Reade 28 Aug 1739 - 31 Oct 1749 |
| Major-General Sir Charles Armand Powlett KB 1 Nov 1749 - 25 Jan 1751 |
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General John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave 26 Jan 1751 - 17 Mar 1755 |
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General Sir Joseph Yorke, 1st Lord Dover KB 18 Mar 1755 - 22 Oct 1758 |
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Lt-General William Whitmore 23 Oct 1758 - 22 Jul 1771 |
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Lt-General Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier KB 8 Aug 1771 - 14 Jun 1782 |
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Major-General Thomas Twisleton, 13th Lord Saye & Sele 19 Jun 1782 - 1 Jul 1788 |
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Lt-General Hon. Alexander Leslie 5 Jul 1788 - 27 Dec 1794 |
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General Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsay 31 Dec 1794 - 14 Jun 1804 |
| Lt-General Peter Hunter 15 Jun 1804 - 21 Aug 1805 |
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General Sir Robert Brownrigg GCB 3 Oct 1805 - 27 Apr 1833 |
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Lt-General Sir John Cameron KCB 31 May 1833 - 23 Nov 1844 |
| Lt-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot KCB 7 Dec 1844 - 17 Feb 1848 |
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General Sir James Archibald Hope GCB 18 Feb 1848 - 30 Dec 1871 |
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General Sir Henry Bates KCB 31 Dec 1871 - 16 Oct 1889 |
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General Sir Arthur Borton GCB GCMG 17 Oct 1889 - 7 Sep 1893 |
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General Charles Elmhirst CB 8 Sep 1893 - 14 Dec 1893 |
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General Thomas Edmund Knox CB 15 Dec 1893 - 27 May 1898 |
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Lt-General Henry James Buchanan CB 28 May 1898 - 7 Oct 1903 |
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General Henry Ralph Browne CB 8 Oct 1903 - 23 Dec 1917 |
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General Sir Edward Peter Strickland KCB KBE CMG DSO 24 Dec 1917 - 30 Apr 1946 |
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Major-General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin CB MC 1 May 1946 - 3 Oct 1947 |
| Brigadier William John O’Brien Daunt CBE 4 Oct 1947 - 8 Feb 1951 |
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Major-General Eric Charles Hayes CB 9 Feb 1951 - 25 Aug 1951 |
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Brigadier Claude John Wilkinson DSO 26 Aug 1951 - 1959 |
