List of senior officers of the British Army

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This is a list of senior officers of the British Army. See also Commander in Chief of the Forces, Chief of the General Staff, and Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

Contents

1 Captains-General of the British Army, 1660-1809 2 Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces, 1672-1904 3 Chiefs of the General Staff, 1904-1908 4 Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff, 1908-1964 5 Chiefs of the General Staff, 1964-present 6 Deputy Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff 7 Vice Chiefs of the Imperial Staff 8 Adjutant-General to the Forces 9 Quartermaster-General to the Forces

Captains-General of the British Army, 1660-1809

• George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle 1660-1670
• office vacant 1670-1678
• James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1678-1679
• office vacant 1679-1702
• John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1702-1711
• James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 1711-1714
• John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1714-1717
• office vacant 1717-1744
• Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland 1744-1757
• office vacant 1757-1799
• Prince Frederick, Duke of York 1799-1809

Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces, 1672-1904

• James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1674-1679
• office vacant 1679-1690
• John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough 1690-1691
• Meinhard Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster 1691-1711
• James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond 1711-1714
• office vacant 1714-1744
• John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair 1744
• George Wade 1745-1748
• office vacant 1748-1757
• John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier 1757-1759
• office vacant 1759-1766
• John Manners, Marquess of Granby 1766-1769
• office vacant 1769-1778
• Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Lord Amherst 1778-1782
• Henry Seymour Conway 1782-1783
• Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Lord Amherst 1783-1795
• Prince Frederick, Duke of York 1795-1809
• Sir David Dundas 1809-1811
• Prince Frederick, Duke of York 1811-1827
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1827-1828
• Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill 1828-1842
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1842-1852
• Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge 1852-1856
• Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge 1856-1895
• Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley 1895-1900
• Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts 1900-1904

Chiefs of the General Staff, 1904-1908

• Sir Neville Lyttleton 1904-1908

Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff, 1908-1964

• Sir William Nicholson 1908-1912
• Sir John French 1912-1914
• Sir Charles Douglas 1914
• Sir James Murray 1914-1915
• Sir Archibald Murray 1915
• Sir William Robertson 1915-1918
• Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson 1918-1922
• General the Earl of Cavan 1922-1926
• Field Marshal Sir George Milne 1926-1933
• Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberg 1933-1936
• Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell 1936-1937
• General the Viscount Gort 1937-1939
• General Sir Edmund Ironside 1939-1940
• Field Marshal Sir John Dill 1940-1941
• Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke 1941-1946
• Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery 1946-1948
• Field Marshal Sir William Slim 1948-1952
• Sir John Harding 1952-1955
• Sir Gerald Templer 1955-1958
• Sir Francis Festing 1958-1961
• Sir Richard Hull 1961-1964

Chiefs of the General Staff, 1964-present

• Sir Richard Hull 1964-1965
• Sir James Cassels 1965-1968
• Sir Geoffrey Baker 1968-1971
• Sir Michael Carver 1971-1973
• Sir Peter Hunt 1973-1976
• Sir Roland Gibbs 1976-1979
• Sir Edwin Bramall 1979-1982
• Sir John Stanier 1982-1985
• Sir Nigel Bagnall 1985-1989
• Sir John Chapple 1989-1992
• Sir Peter Inge 1992-1994
• Sir Charles Guthrie 1994-1997
• Sir Roger Wheeler 1997-2000
• Sir Michael Walker 2000-2003
• Sir Michael Jackson 2003-present

Deputy Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff

• Sir Lancelot Kiggell 1914
• Major-General Robert Whigham 1915
• Sir Archibald Murray 1915
• Major-General Sir Charles Harington 1918 - 1920
• Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode, 1920-1922
• Major-General Hugh Massy 1939 - 1940
• Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Weeks 15 June 1942 - 29 May 1945
• Lieutenant-Genaral Sir Sidney Kirkman 1945 - 1947
• General Sir Kenneth Crawford
• Sir Dudley Ward 1953 - 1956
• Sir Harold Pyman 1958 - 1961
• Lieutenant-General Sir John Anderson - 1963
• Sir John Hackett 1963 - 1964

Vice Chiefs of the Imperial Staff

• Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Haining 27 May 1940 - 19 May 1941
• Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall 19 May 1941 - 5 December 1941
• Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye 5 December 1941 -

Adjutant-General to the Forces

• General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson 1 Jul 1939 - 10 June 1940
• Lieutenant-General H Colville Wemyss 10 June 1940 - 3 June 1941
• Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Adam 3 June 1941 -

Quartermaster-General to the Forces

• Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Venning 2 February 1939 - 14 August 1942
• General Sir Thomas Riddell-Webster 14 August 1942 -

See also: List of senior officers of the British Army, Alan Brooke, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Bernard Montgomery, British Army, British Army enlisted rank insignia, British Army officer rank insignia, British Forces Germany, Charles Douglas