| First Battalion | |
| Sir John Morgan 1685 - May 1687 |
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| James Purcell 1687 - 1688 |
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| Thomas Hussey 1689 - 1705 |
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| William Steuart (Junior) 1705 - 1716 |
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| Verney Lloyd 1716 - 1720 |
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| John Campbell 1720 - 1725 |
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| Richard O’Farrell 1725 - 1741 |
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| Michael Doyne 1741 - 1745 |
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| Rowley Godfrey 1745 - 1749 |
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| John Catillion 1749 - 1751 |
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| Peter Dumas 1751 - 1754 |
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| Richard Worge 1754 - 1760 |
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| Rowland Phillips 1760 - 1763 |
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| William Taylor 1763 - 1776 |
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| John Hill 1776 - 1784 |
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John Campbell 1784 - KIA 16 Feb 1794 |
| Gerrit Fisher 1794 - 1799 |
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| Gideon Shairpe 1799 - 1800 |
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| Henry de Bernière 1800 - 1807 |
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John Stuart 1807 - KIA 17 Aug 1808 |
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John Cameron 1808 - 19 July 1821 |
| Nathaniel Blackwell 1821 - 1826 |
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| David Campbell 1826 - 1828 |
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| Jeremiah Taylor 1828 - 1832 |
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| Holman Custance 1832 - 1837 |
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Sir John McCaskill KCB KH 1837 - KIA 18 Dec 1845 |
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Abraham Beresford Taylor CB KH 1845 - KIA 22 Dec 1845 |
| George Lennox Davis CB 1845 - 1852 |
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| Charles Barnwell CB (2nd Lieutenant-Colonel) Commanded at Ferozeshah 1845 - 1847 |
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Brownlow Villiers Layard 1852 - 1853 |
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Arthur Borton CB 1853 - 1858 |
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Duncan Munro Bethune Dec 1858 - Jan 1861 |
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William Inglis Jan 1861 - Jan 1863 |
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Henry Disney Ellis Jan 1863 - May 1872 |
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George Harrington Hawes May 1872 - July 1877 |
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Francis George Cocksedge Probart July 1877 - 1882 |
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Henry Collingwood Vibart July 1882 - Aug 1884 |
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William James Massy Aug 1884 - May 1888 |
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Charles More Stockley CB July 1888 - Aug 1890 |
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Archibald Graham Wavell 1890 - Nov 1891 |
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Howel Gunter Nov 1891 - Aug 1894 |
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Divie Knighton Robertson Aug 1894 - Sep 1896 |
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William Gibbs Straghan Sep 1896 - Dec 1897 |
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James Lorne Govan May 1898 - died 11 March 1900 |
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Andrew Cracroft Becher March 1900 - Mar 1904 |
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William George Hamilton Mar 1904 - 1905 |
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Godfrey Massy 1905 - 1909 |
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John Marriott MVO DSO 1909 - 1913 |
| Colin Robert Ballard CB 12 Jan 1913 - 1916 |
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| John William Vincent Carroll CMG DSO 1916 - 1917 |
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| Francis Cecil Lodge CMG DSO 1917 |
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| Second Battalion | |
| Hon John Knox 1800 |
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| George Molle 1809 - 1814 |
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| W G McGregor 1814 |
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| Crawford Oct 1804 |
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John Cameron 1807 - 1808 |
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Charles Elmhirst Charles Elmhirst |
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Thomas Edmund Knox CB Oct 1864 - Jan 1873 |
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Henry James Buchanan CB Jan 1873 - May 1878 |
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William Daunt CB May 1878 - 1883 |
| Francis Knatchbull (2nd Lieutenant-Colonel) July 1881 - Jan 1882 |
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Charles John Cramer Roberts May 1883 - May 1885 |
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Charles Smith Perry May 1887 - 1888 |
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Gerard Septimus Burton May 1888 - 1893 |
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Charles Herbert Shepherd DSO May 1893 - 1897 |
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Lewis Horace Phillips Dec 1897 - Jan 1901 |
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Charles Edward Borton CBs Jan 1901 - 1905 |
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Fitzgerald Wintour 1905 - 1909 |
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Arthur John Hamilton Luard DSO 1909 - 1913 |
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Evelyn Chiappini Peebles DSO 1913 - 1918 |
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William Fanshawe L Gordon CMG DSO 1918 |
| Third Battalion | |
| W C Tonge DSO 27 Aug 1910 |
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| John Barker 1914 |
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| Fourth Battalion | |
| J R Harvey DSO 1 Jan 1907 |
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| Captain E W Montgomerie 1914 |
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| 1/5th ‘Sandringham’ Battalion Battalion | |
| A W Thomas TD 26 Nov 1913 |
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Colonel Sir Horace G Proctor-Beauchamp Bt CB 14 Nov 1914 - 12 Aug 1915 |
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Captain Frank Reginald Beck MVO 19 May 1906 - 12 Aug 1915 |
| 2/5th Battalion | |
| Lieut-Colonel H Ellis Rowell 1914 |
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| 3/5th Battalion | |
| Colonel G Cresswell CVO VD 1915 |
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| Colonel Fletcher Feb 1916 |
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| Sixth Battalion | |
| Colonel B H L Prior DSO 1 Apr 1908 - 1918 |
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| 7th (Service) Battalion | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel J W V Carroll 19 Aug 1914 - Oct 1915 |
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| Lieutenant-Colonel F E Walter DSO 8 Oct 1915 - Oct 1916 |
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| Major Gethen Oct 1916 |
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| Lieutenant-Colonel H L F A Gielgud MC Oct 1916 - 30 Nov 1917 Killed at Cambrai |
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| Major Gethen Dec 1917 - 21 May 1918 |
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| Major H Ashley Scarlett 21 May 1918 |
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| 8th (Service) Battalion | |
| Brevet-Colonel F C Briggs 6 Sept 1914 - 14 Oct 1915 (Died 1916) |
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| Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel H G de L Ferguson DSO 14 Oct 1915 - Mar 1917 |
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Lieutenant-Colonel E N Snepp Mar 1917 - 5 Nov 1917 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel J D Crosthwaite MC 22 Nov 1917 - 20 Feb 1918 |
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| 9th Battalion | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel E Stracey 21 Sep 1914 - Sep 1916 |
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| Colonel B H L Prior DSO 1 Oct 1916 - 1918 |
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