| Name and rank
|
Date of appointment
|
Appointment ended
|
Notes
|
| General Sir William Nicholson |
1 July 1910[1] |
19 June 1911[2] |
Appointment vacated on promotion to field marshal.[2] |
| Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Paget |
1 July 1910[1] |
1 July 1914[3] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien |
1 July 1910[1] |
1 July 1914[3] |
|
| Major-General Spencer Ewart |
1 July 1910[1] |
1 July 1914[3] |
|
| General Sir John French |
19 June 1911[2] |
18 February 1914[4] |
|
| General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army |
2 December 1911[5] |
17 January 1913[6] |
|
| General Sir O’Moore Creagh, Indian Army |
2 December 1911[5] |
8 March 1914[7] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Scallon |
17 January 1913[6] |
29 October 1915[8] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig |
18 February 1914[4] |
1 January 1917 |
Promoted to field marshal.[9] |
| General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Indian Army |
8 March 1914[7] |
3 November 1917[10] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson |
1 July 1914[3] |
17 August 1914 † |
|
| General Sir Charles Douglas |
1 July 1914[3] |
25 October 1914 † |
|
| General Sir Ian Hamilton |
1 July 1914[3] |
1 July 1918[11] |
|
| General Sir John Nixon, Indian Army |
29 October 1915[8] |
3 November 1917[10] |
|
| General Sir Herbert Plumer |
15 January 1917[12] |
31 July 1919[13] |
Promoted to field-marshal.[13] |
| General Sir Archibald Hunter |
15 January 1917[12] |
1 October 1920[14] |
|
| General Sir William Robertson |
15 January 1917[12] |
29 March 1920[15] |
Promoted to field-marshal.[15] |
| General Sir Arthur Barrett |
3 November 1917[10] |
31 May 1920[16] |
|
| General Sir William Birdwood |
3 November 1917[10] |
21 June 1922[17] |
|
| General Sir Charles Monro, Bt. |
1 July 1918[11] |
30 June 1922[18] |
|
| General the Lord Rawlinson |
31 July 1919[13] |
31 July 1923[19] |
|
| General the Lord Horne |
29 March 1920[15] |
29 March 1924[20] |
|
| Lieutenant-General the Earl of Cavan |
1 October 1920[14] |
26 April 1922[21] |
|
| General Sir Claud Jacob |
11 January 1921[16] |
31 May 1924[22] |
|
| General Sir Francis Davies |
26 April 1922[21] |
26 April 1926[23] |
|
| General Sir Havelock Hudson |
21 June 1922[17] |
14 February 1924[24] |
|
| General Sir Thomas Morland |
30 June 1922[18] |
21 May 1925[25] † |
|
| General Sir George Milne |
31 July 1923[19] |
31 July 1927[26] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow |
14 February 1924[24] |
14 February 1928[27] |
|
| General Sir Walter Congreve |
29 March 1924[20] |
28 February 1927[28] † |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir John Shea |
31 May 1924[22] |
31 May 1928[29] |
|
| General Sir Alexander Godley |
22 May 1925[25] |
22 May 1929[30] |
|
| General Sir John Du Cane |
26 April 1926[23] |
26 April 1930[31] |
|
| General Sir Walter Braithwaite |
14 March 1927[28] |
1 March 1931[32] |
|
| General Sir Philip Chetwode, Bt. |
31 July 1927[26] |
31 July 1931[33] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Skeen |
14 February 1928[27] |
26 April 1929[34] |
|
| General Sir Alexander Cobbe, Indian Army |
31 May 1928[29] |
29 June 1931[35] † |
|
| General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Army |
26 April 1929[34] |
9 June 1933[36] |
|
| General Sir John Asser |
22 May 1929[30] |
9 August 1930[37] |
|
| General Sir Charles Harington |
26 April 1930[31] |
26 April 1934[38] |
|
| General Sir Robert Whigham |
9 August 1930[37] |
1 March 1931[32] |
|
| General Sir David Campbell |
1 March 1931[32] |
1 March 1935[39] |
|
| General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd |
1 March 1931[32] |
1 March 1935[39] |
|
| General Sir Norman MacMullen, Indian Army |
29 June 1931[35] |
12 September 1935[40] |
|
| General Sir William Thwaites |
31 July 1931[33] |
1 October 1933[41] |
Extra A.D.C. General from 1 October 1933[41] until 31 July 1935.[42] |
| General Sir Kenneth Wigram, Indian Army |
9 June 1933[36] |
6 June 1936[43] |
|
| General Sir Percy Radcliffe |
1 October 1933[41] |
9 February 1934[44] † |
|
| General Sir Cyril Deverell |
10 February 1934[44] |
15 May 1936[45] |
Promoted field-marshal.[45] |
| General the Honourable Sir John Gathorne-Hardy |
26 April 1934[38] |
12 October 1937[46] |
|
| General Sir Alexander Wardrop, Indian Army |
1 March 1935[39] |
12 October 1937[46] |
|
| General Sir John Burnett-Stuart |
1 March 1935[39] |
26 April 1938[47] |
|
| General Sir Walter Leslie, Indian Army |
12 September 1935[40] |
1 May 1936[48] |
|
| General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army |
1 May 1936[48] |
1 April 1938[49] |
|
| General Sir George Jeffreys |
15 May 1936[45] |
17 August 1938[50] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, Indian Army |
6 June 1936[43] |
6 June 1940[51] |
|
| General Sir Walter Kirke |
12 October 1937[46] |
1 July 1940[52] |
|
| General Sir Edmund Ironside |
12 October 1937[46] |
20 July 1940[52] |
Promoted to field-marshal.[52] |
| General Sir Douglas Baird, Indian Army |
1 April 1938[49] |
1 April 1940[53] |
|
| General Sir William Bartholomew |
26 April 1938[47] |
8 June 1940[52] |
|
| General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter |
17 August 1938[50] |
17 August 1941[54] |
|
| General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army |
1 April 1940[53] |
15 December 1941[55] |
|
| General Sir Roger Wilson, Indian Army |
6 June 1940[51] |
15 May 1941[56] |
|
| General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson |
8 June 1940[52] |
24 November 1941[57] |
|
| General Sir John Dill |
1 July 1940[52] |
18 November 1941[57] |
Promoted to field-marshal.[57] |
| General the Viscount Gort |
20 July 1940[52] |
20 July 1944[58] |
|
| General Sir Claude Auchinleck |
15 May 1941[56] |
1 June 1946 |
Promoted to field marshal.[59] |
| General Sir Archibald Wavell |
17 August 1941[54] |
18 October 1943[60] |
Appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India.[60] |
| General Sir Walter Venning |
18 November 1941[57] |
11 September 1942[61] |
|
| General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson |
24 November 1941[57] |
29 December 1944 |
Promoted to field marshal.[62] |
| General Sir Alan Hartley, Indian Army |
15 December 1941[55] |
7 July 1944[63] |
|
| General Sir Alan Brooke |
11 September 1942[61] |
26 June 1946[64] |
|
| General Sir George Giffard |
18 October 1943[60] |
17 August 1946[65] |
|
| General Mosley Mayne, Indian Army |
7 July 1944[63] |
1 March 1947[66] |
|
| General the Honourable Sir Harold Alexander |
20 July 1944[58] |
5 April 1946[64] |
|
| General Sir Bernard Paget |
13 October 1944[67] |
14 October 1946[68] |
Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra).[67] |
| General Sir Richard O’Connor |
5 April 1946[64] |
30 January 1948[69] |
|
| General Sir Charles Loyd |
26 June 1946[64] |
23 April 1947[70] |
|
| General Sir Daril Watson |
17 August 1946[65] |
19 August 1947[71] |
|
| General Sir Miles Dempsey |
14 October 1946[68] |
22 August 1947[72] |
|
| General Sir Geoffry Scoones, Indian Army |
1 March 1947[66] |
1 August 1949[73] |
|
| General Sir Edwin Morris |
23 April 1947[70] |
15 November 1948[74] |
|
| General Sir Philip Christison, Bt. |
19 August 1947[71] |
27 June 1949[75] |
|
| General Sir Montagu Stopford |
22 August 1947[72] |
6 July 1949[76] |
|
| General Sir John Crocker |
30 January 1948[69] |
31 January 1951[77] |
|
| General Harry Crerar, Canadian Army |
23 July 1948[78] |
c.1953 |
|
| General Sir Neil Ritchie |
15 November 1948[74] |
30 August 1951[79] |
|
| General Sir Brian Robertson |
27 June 1949[76] |
27 June 1952[80] |
|
| General Sir Evelyn Barker |
6 July 1949[76] |
c.1950 |
|
| General Sir James Steele |
c.1950 |
21 October 1950[81] |
|
| General Sir John Harding |
21 October 1950[81] |
21 July 1953[82] |
Promoted to field marshal.[82] |
| General Sir Frank Simpson |
31 January 1951[77] |
31 January 1954[83] |
|
| General Sir Gerald Templer |
30 August 1951[79] |
30 August 1954[84] |
|
| General Sir Ouvry Roberts |
27 June 1952[80] |
26 June 1955[85] |
|
| General Sir Charles Keightley |
21 July 1953[82] |
20 July 1956[86] |
|
| General Sir Richard Gale |
31 January 1954[83] |
31 January 1957[87] |
|
| General Sir Cameron Nicholson |
30 August 1954[84] |
29 November 1956[88] |
|
| General Sir George Erskine |
26 June 1955[85] |
26 June 1958[89] |
|
| General Sir Robert Mansergh |
20 July 1956[86] |
13 February 1959[90] |
|
| General Sir Charles Loewen |
29 November 1956[88] |
14 August 1959[91] |
|
| General Sir Nevil Brownjohn |
31 January 1957[87] |
29 November 1958[92] |
|
| General Sir Francis Festing |
26 June 1958[89] |
1 September 1960[93] |
|
| General Sir Dudley Ward |
29 November 1958[92] |
29 November 1961[94] |
|
| General Sir Hugh Stockwell |
13 February 1959[90] |
13 February 1962[95] |
|
| General Sir Geoffrey Bourne |
14 August 1959[91] |
29 April 1960[96] |
|
| General Sir James Cassels |
29 April 1960[96] |
29 April 1963[97] |
|
| General Sir Cecil Sugden |
1 September 1960[93] |
28 December 1961[98] |
|
| General Sir Richard Hull |
29 November 1961[94] |
29 November 1964[99] |
|
| General Sir Richard Goodbody |
28 December 1961[98] |
29 June 1963[100] |
|
| General Sir Gerald Lathbury |
13 February 1962[95] |
25 February 1965[101] |
|
| General Sir Roderick McLeod |
29 April 1963[97] |
30 January 1965[102] |
|
| General Sir Michael West |
29 June 1963[100] |
21 September 1965[103] |
|
| General Sir William Stirling |
29 November 1964[99] |
30 June 1966[104] |
|
| General Sir Charles Jones |
30 January 1965[102] |
9 January 1967[105] |
|
| General Sir Rodney Moore |
25 February 1965[101] |
18 October 1966[106] |
|
| General Sir Robert Bray |
21 September 1965[103] |
21 September 1968[107] |
|
| General Sir Reginald Hewetson |
30 June 1966[104] |
27 November 1967[108] |
|
| General Sir John Anderson |
18 October 1966[106] |
27 February 1968[109] |
|
| General Sir Charles Richardson |
9 January 1967[105] |
9 January 1970[110] |
|
| General Sir John Hackett |
27 November 1967[108] |
1 October 1968[111] |
|
| General Sir Geoffrey Baker |
27 February 1968[109] |
31 March 1971[112] |
Promoted to field marshal.[112] |
| General Sir Alan Jolly |
21 September 1968[107] |
27 October 1969[113] |
|
| General Sir Kenneth Darling |
1 October 1968[111] |
11 November 1969[114] |
|
| General Sir Charles Harington |
27 October 1969[113] |
6 February 1971[115] |
|
| General Sir Michael Carver |
11 November 1969[114] |
11 November 1972[116] |
|
| General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick |
9 January 1970[117] |
9 January 1973[118] |
|
| General Sir John Mogg |
6 February 1971[115] |
6 February 1974[119] |
|
| General Sir Antony Read |
31 March 1971[112] |
2 March 1974[120] |
|
| General Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour |
11 November 1972[116] |
21 November 1973[121] |
|
| General Sir Peter Hunt |
9 January 1973[118] |
9 January 1976[122] |
|
| General Sir Basil Eugster |
21 November 1973[121] |
29 April 1974[123] |
|
| General Sir Thomas Pearson |
6 February 1974[119] |
27 December 1974[124] |
|
| General Sir Cecil Blacker |
2 March 1974[120] |
25 June 1976[125] |
|
| General Sir William Jackson |
29 April 1974[123] |
29 April 1976[126] |
|
| General Sir Harry Tuzo |
27 December 1974[124] |
27 December 1977[127] |
|
| General Sir John Gibbon |
9 January 1976[122] |
27 May 1977[128] |
|
| General Sir John Sharp |
29 April 1976[126] |
15 January 1977[129] † |
|
| General Sir Roland Gibbs |
25 June 1976[125] |
25 June 1979[130] |
|
| General Sir Frank King |
15 January 1977[129] |
27 December 1978[131] |
|
| General Sir David Fraser |
27 May 1977[128] |
5 February 1980[132] |
|
| General Sir Jack Harman |
27 December 1977[127] |
27 December 1980[133] |
|
| General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson |
27 December 1978[131] |
24 April 1981[134] |
|
| General Sir Edwin Bramall |
25 June 1979[130] |
31 July 1982[135] |
Promoted to field marshal.[135] |
| General Sir Robert Ford |
5 February 1980[132] |
7 April 1981[136] |
|
| General Sir William Scotter |
27 December 1980[133] |
5 February 1981[137] † |
|
| General Sir John Stanier |
6 April 1981[136] |
10 July 1985[138] |
Promoted to field marshal.[138] |
| General Sir Michael Gow |
7 April 1981[136] |
7 April 1984[139] |
|
| General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley |
24 April 1981[134] |
14 February 1983[140] |
|
| General Sir George Cooper |
31 July 1982[135] |
26 May 1984[141] |
|
| General Sir Frank Kitson |
14 February 1983[140] |
27 July 1985[138] |
|
| General Sir Thomas Morony |
7 April 1984[142] |
11 November 1986[143] |
|
| General Sir Roland Guy |
26 May 1984[141] |
7 February 1987[144] |
|
| General Sir Nigel Bagnall |
10 July 1985[138] |
9 September 1988[145] |
Promoted to field marshal.[145] |
| General Sir Edward Burgess |
27 July 1985[138] |
2 October 1987[146] |
|
| General Sir David Mostyn |
7 February 1987[144] |
10 February 1989[147] |
|
| General Sir John Chapple |
2 October 1987[146] |
14 February 1992[148] |
|
| General Sir Charles Huxtable |
9 September 1988[145] |
3 December 1990[149] |
|
| General Sir Robert Pascoe |
10 February 1989[147] |
21 February 1991[150] |
|
| Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham |
3 December 1990[149] |
13 July 1993[151] |
|
| General Sir Peter Inge |
21 February 1991[150] |
21 April 1994[152] |
Promoted to field marshal.[152] |
| General Sir John Waters |
14 February 1992[148] |
22 March 1995[153] |
|
| General Sir Charles Guthrie |
13 July 1993[151] |
4 May 2001[154] |
|
| General Sir John Wilsey |
21 April 1994[152] |
24 June 1996[155] |
|
| General Sir Michael Rose |
9 September 1995[156] |
31 August 1997[157] |
|
| General Sir Roger Wheeler |
6 December 1996[158] |
7 August 2000[159] |
|
| General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie |
17 March 1997[160] |
8 February 1999[161] |
|
| General Sir Michael Walker |
1 September 1997[157] |
5 June 2006[162] |
|
| General Sir Alexander Harley |
8 February 1999[161] |
7 August 2000[159] |
|
| General Sir Rupert Smith |
7 August 2000[159] |
1 November 2001[163] |
|
| General Sir Samuel Cowan |
7 August 2000[159] |
18 November 2002[164] |
|
| General Sir Mike Jackson |
1 November 2001[163] |
14 November 2006[165] |
|
| General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman |
6 January 2003[166] |
29 October 2009[167] |
|
| General Sir Richard Dannatt |
5 June 2006[162] |
1 September 2009[168] |
|
| General Sir Redmond Watt |
8 January 2007[169] |
30 April 2008[170] |
|
| General Sir David Richards |
12 June 2008[171] |
2 January 2014[172] |
|
| General Sir Nicholas Houghton |
1 October 2009[173] |
24 January 2017[172] |
|
| General Sir Peter Wall |
30 October 2009[174] |
5 September 2014[175] |
|
| General Sir Nick Parker |
29 October 2010[176] |
25 May 2013[177] |
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| General Sir Richard Barrons |
19 April 2013[178] |
5 April 2016[179] |
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| General Sir Nicholas Carter |
5 September 2014[175] |
1 December 2021[180] |
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| General Sir Christopher Deverell |
5 April 2016[179] |
10 May 2019[181] |
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| General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith |
11 June 2018[182] |
13 June 2022[183] |
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| General Sir Patrick Sanders |
6 May 2019[184] |
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|
| General Sir James Hockenhull |
23 May 2022[183] |
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