| Colonels | |
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Lieutenant-General David Melville (later Leslie), 3rd Earl of Leven 19 Mar 1688 – 18 Mar 1694 |
| Lieutenant-General James Maitland 19 Mar 1694 – 14 Apr 1711 | |
| Brigadier-General William Breton 15 Apr 1711 – 26 Jan 1715 | |
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Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon 27 Jan 1715 – 16 Jun 1721 |
| Brigadier-General John Middleton 17 Jun 1721 – 28 May 1732 | |
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General John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes KT 29 May 1732 – 24 Apr 1745 |
| Brigadier-General Hugh Semphill, 12th Lord Semphill 25 Apr 1745 – 25 Nov 1746 | |
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Lieutenant-General John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford25 Dec 1746 – 1 Dec 1747 |
| General William Maule, 1st Earl Panmure 1 Dec 1747 – 28 Apr 1752 | |
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Lieutenant-General William Home, 8th Earl of Home29 Apr 1752 – 28 Apr 1761 |
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Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Bt 29 May 1761 – 28 Dec 1762 |
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General Lord George Henry Lennox29 Dec 1762 – 25 Mar 1805 |
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General Hon. Charles Fitzroy26 Mar 1805 – 19 Oct 1831 |
| General Sir Henry Frederick Campbell KCB GCH 20 Oct 1831 – 3 Sep 1856 | |
| Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Somerset KCB 4 Sep 1856 – 15 Feb 1862 | |
| General Henry Dive Townshend 16 Feb 1862 – 22 Sep 1882 | |
| General William Craig Emilius Napier 23 Sep 1882 – 23 Sep 1903 | |
| Lieutenant-General Somerset Molyneux Wiseman-Clarke CB 24 Sep 1903 – 30 Jul 1905 | |
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General Sir Frederick William Edward Forestier Forestier-Walker KCB GCMG 31 Jul 1905 – 30 Aug 1910 |
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Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Louis Woollcombe KCB KCMG 31 Aug 1910 – 23 Sep 1923 |
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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE 24 Sep 1923 – 29 Jan 1928 |
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Brigadier-General Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane CB DSO 30 Jan 1928 – 29 Jan 1938 |
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Major-General Sir Edward Nicholson Broadbent KBE CB CMG DSO 30 Jan 1938 – 18 Jun 1944 |
| Major-General Eric Grant Miles CB DSO MC 19 Jun 1944 – 18 Jun 1954 | |
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Major-General James Scott Elliott CB CBE DSO 19 Jun 1954 – 1961 |
| Sir William Francis Robert Turner KBE CB DSO DL 1961 – 1970 | |
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Brigadier Francis Henderson Coutts CBE 1970 – 1980 |
| Brigadier Andrew Dewe Myrtle CB CBE 1980 – 1985 | |
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Brigadier Robert William Riddle OBE 1985 – 1990 |
| Brigadier Colin Grierson Mattingley CBE 1990 – 1995 | |
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Major-General Timothy Toyne Sewell 1995 – 2001 |
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Major-General John Cooper DSO MBE 2001 – 1 Aug 2006 |
