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Hon John Beaumont 1685 - 1688 |
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Simon Packe 1688 |
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A S de Peister 1783 - 1794 |
| J Duffy c1825 |
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Hon George Cathcart 1828 - 1835 |
| Thomas Gerrard Ball 1835 - 1842 |
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| Charles St Lo Malet 1842 - 1845 |
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| Henry Winchcombe Hartley 1845 - 1858 |
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| John Longfield CB 1857 |
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Sir Edward Harris Greathed June 1857 Commanded the Regiment at the Siege of Delhi |
| First Battalion | |
| Sir Frederick Paul Haines June 1860 - Dec 1861 |
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John Hinde CB 1862 - 1866 |
| Henry George Woods June 1866 - Jan 1880 |
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| Edward Tanner CB 1880 - 1882 |
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| Edward Eyre Williams 1882 - Jun 1888 |
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| John Dawson Jun 1888 - Jan 1891 |
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| John James Hamilton Feb 1891 - 1896 |
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| George Robert Stone Feb 1895 - Feb 1899 |
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Lewellyn Salusbury Mellor Feb 1899 - Feb 1900 |
| Percy Schletter 17 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1904 |
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| Arthur William Howard Tripp 17 Feb 1904 - 17 Feb 1908 |
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| Thomas George Powell Glynn 17 Feb 1908 - 17 Feb 1912 |
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William Stirling Bannatyne 17 Feb 1912 - |
| Second Battalion (raised at Buttevant 1857) | |
| Thomas Maitland Wilson 1857 - 1861 |
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| James Johnston 1861 - 29 Dec 1865 (died in Malta) |
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| Alexander Cunningham Robertson CB Dec 1865 - June 1875 |
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| John Vere William Henry Webb May 1875 - Mar 1877 |
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Francis Barry Drew CB 1877 - Sep 1879 |
| Charles Edward Grogan 1879 - Mar 1882 |
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| George Henry Cochrane 1882 - Dec 1884 |
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| Andrew Alfred Le Mesurier CB Dec 1884 - Jul 1890 |
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| William Willoughby Egerton Jul 1890 - Dec 1892 |
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| Stanley Napier Roberts Dec 1892 - Aug 1897 |
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Standish Henry Harrison Aug 1897 - |
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O’Donnel Colley Grattan 17 Feb 1900 - |
| Horatio James Evans 17 Feb 1904 - 17 Feb 1908 |
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| Louis St Clair Nicholson 17 Feb 1908 - 17 Feb 1912 |
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George Delamain Crocker 17 Feb 1912 - |
