{{Short description|British Army senior honorary appointment}} '''Aide-de-camp general''' is a senior honorary appointment for generals in the British Army. The recipient is appointed as an aide-de-camp general to the head of state, currently {{Current UK monarch |King |Charles III}}. They are entitled to the post-nominals "ADC (Gen.)".
The Royal Air Force's equivalent appointment is air aide-de-camp, while the Royal Navy's is First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp.
==List of aides-de-camp general== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" |- ! Name and rank ! Date of appointment ! Appointment ended ! Notes |- | General Sir William Nicholson || 1 July 1910<ref name="LG28391">{{London Gazette |date=1 July 1910 |issue=28391 |page=4654 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 19 June 1911<ref name="LG28510">{{London Gazette |date=4 July 1911 |issue=28510 |page=4934 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Appointment vacated on promotion to field marshal.<ref name="LG28510"/> |- | Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Paget || 1 July 1910<ref name="LG28391"/> || 1 July 1914<ref name="LG28845">{{London Gazette |date=30 June 1914 |issue=28845 |page=5070 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien || 1 July 1910<ref name="LG28391"/> || 1 July 1914<ref name="LG28845"/> || |- | Major-General Spencer Ewart || 1 July 1910<ref name="LG28391"/> || 1 July 1914<ref name="LG28845"/> || |- | General Sir John French || 19 June 1911<ref name="LG28510"/> || 18 February 1914<ref name="LG28802">{{London Gazette |date=17 February 1914 |issue=28802 |page=1273 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army || 2 December 1911<ref name="LG28556">{{London Gazette |date=1 December 1911 |supp=y |issue=28556 |page=9173 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 17 January 1913<ref name="LG28682">{{London Gazette |date=17 January 1913 |issue=28682 |page=413 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir O'Moore Creagh, Indian Army || 2 December 1911<ref name="LG28556"/> || 8 March 1914<ref name="LG28815">{{London Gazette |date=24 March 1914 |issue=28815 |page=2546 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Scallon || 17 January 1913<ref name="LG28682"/> || 29 October 1915<ref name="LG12867">{{London Gazette |city=e |date=2 November 1915 |issue=12867 |page=1629 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig || 18 February 1914<ref name="LG28802"/> || 1 January 1917 || Promoted to field marshal.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=29 December 1916 |supp=y |issue=29886 |page=15 |nolink=yes}}</ref> |- | General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Indian Army || 8 March 1914<ref name="LG28815"/> || 3 November 1917<ref name="LG30365">{{London Gazette |date=2 November 1917 |issue=30365 |page=11361 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson || 1 July 1914<ref name="LG28845"/> || 17 August 1914 † || |- | General Sir Charles Douglas || 1 July 1914<ref name="LG28845"/> || 25 October 1914 † || |- | General Sir Ian Hamilton || 1 July 1914<ref name="LG28845"/> || 1 July 1918<ref name="LG30904">{{London Gazette |date=13 September 1918 |supp=y |issue=30904 |page=11077 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Nixon, Indian Army || 29 October 1915<ref name="LG12867"/> || 3 November 1917<ref name="LG30365"/> || |- | General Sir Herbert Plumer || 15 January 1917<ref name="LG29911">{{London Gazette |date=19 January 1917 |issue=29911 |page=817 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 31 July 1919<ref name="LG31578">{{London Gazette |date=30 September 1919 |supp=y |issue=31578 |page=12120 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG31578"/> |- | General Sir Archibald Hunter || 15 January 1917<ref name="LG29911"/> || 1 October 1920<ref name="LG32112">{{London Gazette |date=2 November 1920 |supp=y |issue=32112 |page=10732 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir William Robertson || 15 January 1917<ref name="LG29911"/> || 29 March 1920<ref name="LG31887">{{London Gazette |date=4 May 1920 |supp=y |issue=31887 |page=5193 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG31887"/> |- | General Sir Arthur Barrett || 3 November 1917<ref name="LG30365"/> || 31 May 1920<ref name="LG32185">{{London Gazette |date=7 January 1921 |issue=32185 |page=186 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir William Birdwood || 3 November 1917<ref name="LG30365"/> || 21 June 1922<ref name="LG32726">{{London Gazette |date=4 July 1922 |issue=32726 |page=5039 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Monro || 1 July 1918<ref name="LG30904"/> || 30 June 1922<ref name="LG32725">{{London Gazette |date=30 June 1922 |issue=32725 |page=4924 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General the Lord Rawlinson || 31 July 1919<ref name="LG31578"/> || 31 July 1923<ref name="LG32849">{{London Gazette |date=31 July 1923 |issue=32849 |page=5241 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General the Lord Horne || 29 March 1920<ref name="LG31887"/> || 29 March 1924<ref name="LG32920">{{London Gazette |date=21 March 1924 |issue=32920 |page=2429 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General the Earl of Cavan || 1 October 1920<ref name="LG32112"/> || 26 April 1922<ref name="LG32689">{{London Gazette |date=2 May 1922 |supp=y |issue=32689 |page=3504 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Claud Jacob || 11 January 1921<ref name="LG32185"/> || 31 May 1924<ref name="LG32957">{{London Gazette |date=18 July 1924 |issue=32957 |page=5474 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Francis Davies || 26 April 1922<ref name="LG32689"/> || 26 April 1926<ref name="LG33155">{{London Gazette |date=27 April 1926 |issue=33155 |page=2861 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Havelock Hudson || 21 June 1922<ref name="LG32726"/> || 14 February 1924<ref name="LG32918">{{London Gazette |date=14 March 1924 |issue=32918 |page=2235 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Thomas Morland || 30 June 1922<ref name="LG32725"/> || 21 May 1925<ref name="LG33064">{{London Gazette |date=7 July 1925 |issue=33064 |page=4530 |nolink=yes}}</ref> † || |- | General Sir George Milne || 31 July 1923<ref name="LG32849"/> || 31 July 1927<ref name="LG33300">{{London Gazette |date=25 August 1927 |issue=33300 |page=5106 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow || 14 February 1924<ref name="LG32918"/> || 14 February 1928<ref name="LG33364">{{London Gazette |date=9 March 1928 |issue=33364 |page=1681 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Walter Congreve || 29 March 1924<ref name="LG32920"/> || 28 February 1927<ref name="LG33257">{{London Gazette |date=15 March 1927 |issue=33257 |page=1697 |nolink=yes}}</ref> † || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir John Shea || 31 May 1924<ref name="LG32957"/> || 31 May 1928<ref name="LG33389">{{London Gazette |date=1 June 1928 |issue=33389 |page=3785 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Alexander Godley || 22 May 1925<ref name="LG33064"/> || 22 May 1929<ref name="LG33497">{{London Gazette |date=21 May 1929 |issue=33497 |page=3402 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Du Cane || 26 April 1926<ref name="LG33155"/> || 26 April 1930<ref name="LG33609"/> || |- | General Sir Walter Braithwaite || 14 March 1927<ref name="LG33257"/> || 1 March 1931<ref name="LG33695">{{London Gazette |date=3 March 1931 |issue=33695 |page=1450 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Philip Chetwode || 31 July 1927<ref name="LG33300"/> || 31 July 1931<ref name="LG33742">{{London Gazette |date=7 August 1931 |issue=33742 |page=5179 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Skeen || 14 February 1928<ref name="LG33364"/> || 26 April 1929<ref name="LG33496">{{London Gazette |date=17 May 1929 |issue=33496 |page=3319 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Alexander Cobbe, Indian Army || 31 May 1928<ref name="LG33389"/> || 29 June 1931<ref name="LG33752">{{London Gazette |date=11 September 1931 |issue=33752 |page=5905 |nolink=yes}}</ref> † || |- | General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Army || 26 April 1929<ref name="LG33496"/> || 9 June 1933<ref name="LG33952">{{London Gazette |date=23 June 1933 |issue=33952 |page=4205 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Asser || 22 May 1929<ref name="LG33497"/> || 9 August 1930<ref name="LG33647">{{London Gazette |date=26 September 1930 |issue=33647 |page=5869 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Harington || 26 April 1930<ref name="LG33609">{{London Gazette |date=27 May 1930 |issue=33609 |page=3327 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 26 April 1934<ref name="LG34047"/> || |- | General Sir Robert Whigham || 9 August 1930<ref name="LG33647"/> || 1 March 1931<ref name="LG33695"/> || |- | General Sir David Campbell || 1 March 1931<ref name="LG33695"/> || 1 March 1935<ref name="LG34140">{{London Gazette |date=8 March 1935 |issue=34140 |page=1633 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd || 1 March 1931<ref name="LG33695"/> || 1 March 1935<ref name="LG34140"/> || |- | General Sir Norman MacMullen, Indian Army || 29 June 1931<ref name="LG33752"/> || 12 September 1935<ref name="LG34202">{{London Gazette |date=27 September 1935 |issue=34202 |page=6071 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir William Thwaites || 31 July 1931<ref name="LG33742"/> || 1 October 1933<ref name="LG33983">{{London Gazette |date=3 October 1933 |issue=33983 |page=6355 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Extra A.D.C. General from 1 October 1933<ref name="LG33983"/> until 31 July 1935.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=13 August 1935 |issue=34189 |page=5195 |nolink=yes}}</ref> |- | General Sir Kenneth Wigram, Indian Army || 9 June 1933<ref name="LG33952"/> || 6 June 1936<ref name="LG34295">{{London Gazette |date=19 June 1936 |issue=34295 |page=3924 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Percy Radcliffe ||| 1 October 1933<ref name="LG33983"/> || 9 February 1934<ref name="LG34030">{{London Gazette |date=6 March 1934 |issue=34030 |page=1530 |nolink=yes}}</ref> † || |- | General Sir Cyril Deverell || 10 February 1934<ref name="LG34030"/> || 15 May 1936<ref name="LG34301">{{London Gazette |date=3 July 1936 |issue=34301 |page=4227 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG34301"/> |- | General the Honourable Sir John Gathorne-Hardy || 26 April 1934<ref name="LG34047">{{London Gazette |date=4 May 1934 |supp=y |issue=34047 |page=2859 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 12 October 1937<ref name="LG34444">{{London Gazette |date=15 October 1937 |issue=34444 |page=6372 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Alexander Wardrop, Indian Army || 1 March 1935<ref name="LG34140"/> || 12 October 1937<ref name="LG34444"/> || |- | General Sir John Burnett-Stuart || 1 March 1935<ref name="LG34140"/> || 26 April 1938<ref name="LG34522">{{London Gazette |date=17 June 1938 |issue=34522 |page=3891 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Walter Leslie, Indian Army || 12 September 1935<ref name="LG34202"/> || 1 May 1936<ref name="LG34284">{{London Gazette |date=15 May 1936 |issue=34284 |page=3151 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army || 1 May 1936<ref name="LG34284"/> ||1 April 1938<ref name="LG34500">{{London Gazette |date=8 April 1938 |issue=34500 |page=2334 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir George Jeffreys || 15 May 1936<ref name="LG34301"/> || 17 August 1938<ref name="LG34555">{{London Gazette |date=27 September 1938 |issue=34555 |page=6079 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, Indian Army || 6 June 1936<ref name="LG34295"/> || 6 June 1940<ref name="LG34900">{{London Gazette |date=19 July 1940 |issue=34900 |page=4439 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Walter Kirke || 12 October 1937<ref name="LG34444"/> || 1 July 1940<ref name="LG34975"/> || |- | General Sir Edmund Ironside || 12 October 1937<ref name="LG34444"/> || 20 July 1940<ref name="LG34975">{{London Gazette |date=18 October 1940 |supp=y |issue=34975 |page=6113 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG34975"/> |- | General Sir Douglas Baird, Indian Army || 1 April 1938<ref name="LG34500"/> || 1 April 1940<ref name="LG34873">{{London Gazette |date=14 June 1940 |issue=34873 |page=3624 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir William Bartholomew || 26 April 1938<ref name="LG34522"/> || 8 June 1940<ref name="LG34975"/> || |- | General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter || 17 August 1938<ref name="LG34555"/> || 17 August 1941<ref name="LG35253">{{London Gazette |date=19 August 1941 |supp=y |issue=35253 |page=4853 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army || 1 April 1940<ref name="LG34873"/> || 15 December 1941<ref name="LG35420">{{London Gazette |date=16 January 1942 |issue=35420 |page=285 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Roger Wilson, Indian Army || 6 June 1940<ref name="LG34900"/> || 15 May 1941<ref name="LG35183">{{London Gazette |date=6 June 1941 |issue=35183 |page=3243 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson || 8 June 1940<ref name="LG34975"/> || 24 November 1941<ref name="LG35372"/> || |- | General Sir John Dill || 1 July 1940<ref name="LG34975"/> || 18 November 1941<ref name="LG35372">{{London Gazette |date=5 December 1941 |supp=y |issue=35372 |page=6981 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG35372"/> |- | General the Viscount Gort || 20 July 1940<ref name="LG34975"/> || 20 July 1944<ref name="LG36616">{{London Gazette |date=18 July 1944 |supp=y |issue=36616 |page=3379 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Claude Auchinleck || 15 May 1941<ref name="LG35183"/> || 1 June 1946 || Promoted to field marshal.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=28 May 1946 |supp=y |issue=37586 |page=2617 |nolink=yes}}</ref> |- | General Sir Archibald Wavell || 17 August 1941<ref name="LG35253"/> || 18 October 1943<ref name="LG36213">{{London Gazette |date=15 October 1943 |supp=y |issue=36213 |page=4607 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India.<ref name="LG36213"/> |- | General Sir Walter Venning || 18 November 1941<ref name="LG35372"/> || 11 September 1942<ref name="LG35740">{{London Gazette |date=9 October 1942 |supp=y |issue=35740 |page=4431 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson || 24 November 1941<ref name="LG35372"/> || 29 December 1944 || Promoted to field marshal.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=26 December 1944 |supp=y |issue=36861 |page=5936 |nolink=yes}}</ref> |- | General Sir Alan Hartley, Indian Army || 15 December 1941<ref name="LG35420"/> || 7 July 1944<ref name="LG36599">{{London Gazette |date=7 July 1944 |issue=36599 |page=3199 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Alan Brooke || 11 September 1942<ref name="LG35740"/> || 26 June 1946<ref name="LG37673">{{London Gazette |date=30 July 1946 |supp=y |issue=37673 |page=3927 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir George Giffard || 18 October 1943<ref name="LG36213"/> || 17 August 1946<ref name="LG37722">{{London Gazette |date=10 September 1946 |supp=y |issue=37722 |page=4579 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Mosley Mayne, Indian Army || 7 July 1944<ref name="LG36599"/> || 1 March 1947<ref name="LG37900">{{London Gazette |date=7 March 1947 |issue=37900 |page=1119 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General the Honourable Sir Harold Alexander || 20 July 1944<ref name="LG36616"/> || 5 April 1946<ref name="LG37673"/> || |- | General Sir Bernard Paget || 13 October 1944<ref name="LG36743">{{London Gazette |date=10 October 1944 |supp=y |issue=36743 |page=4675 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 14 October 1946<ref name="LG37781">{{London Gazette |date=5 November 1946 |supp=y |issue=37781 |page=5469 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra).<ref name="LG36743"/> |- | General Sir Richard O'Connor || 5 April 1946<ref name="LG37673"/> || 30 January 1948<ref name="LG38247">{{London Gazette |date=26 March 1948 |supp=y |issue=38247 |page=2117 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Loyd || 26 June 1946<ref name="LG37673"/> || 23 April 1947<ref name="LG37974">{{London Gazette |date=3 June 1947 |supp=y |issue=37974 |page=2527 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Daril Watson || 17 August 1946<ref name="LG37722"/> || 19 August 1947<ref name="LG38144">{{London Gazette |date=9 December 1947 |supp=y |issue=38144 |page=5863 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Miles Dempsey || 14 October 1946<ref name="LG37781"/> || 22 August 1947<ref name="LG38089">{{London Gazette |date=3 October 1947 |supp=y |issue=38089 |page=4687 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Geoffry Scoones, Indian Army || 1 March 1947<ref name="LG37900"/> || 1 August 1949<ref>{{London Gazette |date=26 August 1949 |issue=38699 |page=4131 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Edwin Morris || 23 April 1947<ref name="LG37974"/> || 15 November 1948<ref name="LG38473">{{London Gazette |date=3 December 1948 |supp=y |issue=38473 |page=6361 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Philip Christison || 19 August 1947<ref name="LG38144"/> || 27 June 1949<ref>{{London Gazette |date=19 July 1949 |supp=y |issue=38668 |page=3531 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Montagu Stopford || 22 August 1947<ref name="LG38089"/> || 6 July 1949<ref name="LG38671"/> || |- | General Sir John Crocker || 30 January 1948<ref name="LG38247"/> || 31 January 1951<ref name="LG39277">{{London Gazette |date=3 July 1951 |supp=y |issue=39277 |page=3671 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Harry Crerar, Canadian Army || 23 July 1948<ref>{{London Gazette |date=20 July 1948 |issue=38359 |page=4191 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || {{circa}}1953 || |- | General Sir Neil Ritchie || 15 November 1948<ref name="LG38473"/> || 30 August 1951<ref name="LG39332">{{London Gazette |date=11 September 1951 |supp=y |issue=39332 |page=4811 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Brian Robertson || 27 June 1949<ref name="LG38671">{{London Gazette |date=22 July 1949 |supp=y |issue=38671 |page=3581 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 27 June 1952<ref name="LG39583">{{London Gazette |date=24 June 1952 |supp=y |issue=39583 |page=3509 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Evelyn Barker || 6 July 1949<ref name="LG38671"/> || {{circa}}1950 || |- | General Sir James Steele || {{circa}}1950 || 21 October 1950<ref name="LG39060">{{London Gazette |date=7 November 1950 |supp=y |issue=39060 |page=5541 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Harding || 21 October 1950<ref name="LG39060"/> || 21 July 1953<ref name="LG39930">{{London Gazette |date=31 July 1953 |supp=y |issue=39930 |page=4249 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG39930"/> |- | General Sir Frank Simpson || 31 January 1951<ref name="LG39277"/> || 31 January 1954<ref name="LG40087">{{London Gazette |date=29 January 1954 |supp=y |issue=40087 |page=693 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Gerald Templer || 30 August 1951<ref name="LG39332"/> || 30 August 1954<ref name="LG40265">{{London Gazette |date=27 August 1954 |supp=y |issue=40265 |page=5001 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Ouvry Roberts || 27 June 1952<ref name="LG39583"/> || 26 June 1955<ref name="LG40484">{{London Gazette |date=20 May 1955 |supp=y |issue=40484 |page=2991 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Keightley || 21 July 1953<ref name="LG39930"/> || 20 July 1956<ref name="LG40833">{{London Gazette |date=17 July 1956 |supp=y |issue=40833 |page=4191 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Richard Gale || 31 January 1954<ref name="LG40087"/> || 31 January 1957<ref name="LG41004">{{London Gazette |date=15 February 1957 |supp=y |issue=41004 |page=1123 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Cameron Nicholson || 30 August 1954<ref name="LG40265"/> || 29 November 1956<ref name="LG40935">{{London Gazette |date=23 November 1956 |supp=y |issue=40935 |page=6715 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir George Erskine || 26 June 1955<ref name="LG40484"/> || 26 June 1958<ref name="LG41426">{{London Gazette |date=20 June 1958 |supp=y |issue=41426 |page=3991 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Robert Mansergh || 20 July 1956<ref name="LG40833"/> || 13 February 1959<ref name="LG41635">{{London Gazette |date=13 February 1959 |supp=y |issue=41635 |page=1147 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Loewen || 29 November 1956<ref name="LG40935"/> || 14 August 1959<ref name="LG41788">{{London Gazette |date=11 August 1959 |supp=y |issue=41788 |page=5057 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Nevil Brownjohn || 31 January 1957<ref name="LG41004"/> || 29 November 1958<ref name="LG41567">{{London Gazette |date=5 December 1958 |supp=y |issue=41567 |page=7497 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Francis Festing || 26 June 1958<ref name="LG41426"/> || 1 September 1960<ref name="LG42134">{{London Gazette |date=2 September 1960 |supp=y |issue=42134 |page=6081 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Dudley Ward || 29 November 1958<ref name="LG41567"/> || 29 November 1961<ref name="LG42526">{{London Gazette |date=28 November 1961 |supp=y |issue=42526 |page=8689|nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Hugh Stockwell || 13 February 1959<ref name="LG41635"/> || 13 February 1962<ref name="LG42595">{{London Gazette |date=9 February 1962 |supp=y |issue=42595 |page=1201 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Geoffrey Bourne || 14 August 1959<ref name="LG41788"/> || 29 April 1960<ref name="LG42031">{{London Gazette |date=10 May 1960 |supp=y |issue=42031 |page=3363 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir James Cassels || 29 April 1960<ref name="LG42031"/> || 29 April 1963<ref name="LG42980">{{London Gazette |date=26 April 1963 |supp=y |issue=42980 |page=3741 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Cecil Sugden || 1 September 1960<ref name="LG42134"/> || 28 December 1961<ref name="LG42550">{{London Gazette |date=26 December 1961 |supp=y |issue=42550 |page=9401 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Richard Hull || 29 November 1961<ref name="LG42526"/> || 29 November 1964<ref name="LG43503">{{London Gazette |date=27 November 1964 |supp=y |issue=43503 |page=10231 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Richard Goodbody || 28 December 1961<ref name="LG42550"/> || 29 June 1963<ref name="LG43043">{{London Gazette |date=28 June 1963 |supp=y |issue=43043 |page=5631 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Gerald Lathbury || 13 February 1962<ref name="LG42595"/> || 25 February 1965<ref name="LG43585">{{London Gazette |date=23 February 1965 |supp=y |issue=43585 |page=1987 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Roderick McLeod || 29 April 1963<ref name="LG42980"/> || 30 January 1965<ref name="LG43563">{{London Gazette |date=29 January 1965 |supp=y |issue=43563 |page=1147 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Michael West || 29 June 1963<ref name="LG43043"/> || 21 September 1965<ref name="LG43798">{{London Gazette |date=22 October 1965 |supp=y |issue=43798 |page=9973 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir William Stirling || 29 November 1964<ref name="LG43503"/> || 30 June 1966<ref name="LG44038">{{London Gazette |date=30 June 1966 |supp=y |issue=44038 |page=7461 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Jones || 30 January 1965<ref name="LG43563"/> || 9 January 1967<ref name="LG44223">{{London Gazette |date=6 January 1967 |supp=y |issue=44223 |page=307 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Rodney Moore || 25 February 1965<ref name="LG43585"/> || 18 October 1966<ref name="LG44147">{{London Gazette |date=20 October 1966 |supp=y |issue=44147 |page=11375 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Robert Bray || 21 September 1965<ref name="LG43798"/> || 21 September 1968<ref name="LG44681">{{London Gazette |date=20 September 1968 |supp=y |issue=44681 |page=10266 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Reginald Hewetson || 30 June 1966<ref name="LG44038"/> || 27 November 1967<ref name="LG44461">{{London Gazette |date=24 November 1967 |supp=y |issue=44461 |page=12980 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Anderson || 18 October 1966<ref name="LG44147"/> || 27 February 1968<ref name="LG44533">{{London Gazette |date=23 February 1968 |supp=y |issue=44533 |page=2374 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Richardson || 9 January 1967<ref name="LG44223"/> || 9 January 1970<ref name="LG45060">{{London Gazette |date=13 March 1970 |supp=y |issue=45060 |page=3119 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Hackett || 27 November 1967<ref name="LG44461"/> || 1 October 1968<ref name="LG44686">{{London Gazette |date=27 September 1968 |supp=y |issue=44686 |page=10529 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Geoffrey Baker || 27 February 1968<ref name="LG44533"/> || 31 March 1971<ref name="LG45337">{{London Gazette |date=5 April 1971 |supp=y |issue=45337 |page=3336 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG45337"/> |- | General Sir Alan Jolly || 21 September 1968<ref name="LG44681"/> || 27 October 1969<ref name="LG44963">{{London Gazette |date=24 October 1969 |supp=y |issue=44963 |page=10945 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Kenneth Darling || 1 October 1968<ref name="LG44686"/> || 11 November 1969<ref name="LG44966">{{London Gazette |date=14 November 1969 |supp=y |issue=44966 |page=11045 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Harington || 27 October 1969<ref name="LG44963"/> || 6 February 1971<ref name="LG45299">{{London Gazette |date=5 February 1971 |supp=y |issue=45299 |page=1214 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Michael Carver || 11 November 1969<ref name="LG44966"/> || 11 November 1972<ref name="LG45825">{{London Gazette |date=13 November 1972 |supp=y |issue=45825 |page=13426 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick || 9 January 1970<ref name="LG45078">{{London Gazette |date=10 April 1970 |supp=y |issue=45078 |page=4173 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 9 January 1973<ref name="LG45873">{{London Gazette |date=9 January 1973 |supp=y |issue=45873 |page=370 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Mogg || 6 February 1971<ref name="LG45299"/> || 6 February 1974<ref name="LG46207">{{London Gazette |date=11 February 1974 |supp=y |issue=46207 |page=1883 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Antony Read || 31 March 1971<ref name="LG45337"/> || 2 March 1974<ref name="LG46225">{{London Gazette |date=4 March 1974 |supp=y |issue=46225 |page=2888 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour || 11 November 1972<ref name="LG45825"/> || 21 November 1973<ref name="LG46138">{{London Gazette |date=26 November 1973 |supp=y |issue=46138 |page=14083 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Peter Hunt || 9 January 1973<ref name="LG45873"/> || 9 January 1976<ref name="LG46794">{{London Gazette |date=12 January 1976 |supp=y |issue=46794 |page=569 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Basil Eugster || 21 November 1973<ref name="LG46138"/> || 29 April 1974<ref name="LG46276">{{London Gazette |date=29 April 1974 |supp=y |issue=46276 |page=5314 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Thomas Pearson || 6 February 1974<ref name="LG46207"/> || 27 December 1974<ref name="LG46469">{{London Gazette |date=20 January 1975 |supp=y |issue=46469 |page=863 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Cecil Blacker || 2 March 1974<ref name="LG46225"/> || 25 June 1976<ref name="LG46947">{{London Gazette |date=28 June 1976 |supp=y |issue=46947 |page=8989 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir William Jackson || 29 April 1974<ref name="LG46276"/> || 29 April 1976<ref name="LG46889">{{London Gazette |date=3 May 1976 |supp=y |issue=46889 |page=6383 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Harry Tuzo || 27 December 1974<ref name="LG46469"/> || 27 December 1977<ref name="LG47432">{{London Gazette |date=10 January 1978 |supp=y |issue=47432 |page=306 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Gibbon || 9 January 1976<ref name="LG46794"/> || 27 May 1977<ref name="LG47245">{{London Gazette |date=13 June 1977 |supp=y |issue=47245 |page=7645 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Sharp || 29 April 1976<ref name="LG46889"/> || 15 January 1977<ref name="LG47160">{{London Gazette |date=1 March 1977 |supp=y |issue=47160 |page=2826 |nolink=yes}}</ref> † || |- | General Sir Roland Gibbs || 25 June 1976<ref name="LG46947"/> || 25 June 1979<ref name="LG47911">{{London Gazette |date=23 July 1979 |supp=y |issue=47911 |page=9345 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Frank King || 15 January 1977<ref name="LG47160"/> || 27 December 1978<ref name="LG47745">{{London Gazette |date=15 January 1979 |supp=y |issue=47745 |page=651 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir David Fraser || 27 May 1977<ref name="LG47245"/> || 5 February 1980<ref name="LG48108">{{London Gazette |date=25 February 1980 |supp=y |issue=48108 |page=3029 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Jack Harman || 27 December 1977<ref name="LG47432"/> || 27 December 1980<ref name="LG48498">{{London Gazette |date=19 January 1981 |supp=y |issue=48498 |page=815 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson || 27 December 1978<ref name="LG47745"/> || 24 April 1981<ref name="LG48606">{{London Gazette |date=11 May 1981 |supp=y |issue=48606 |page=6635 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Edwin Bramall || 25 June 1979<ref name="LG47911"/> || 31 July 1982<ref name="LG49069">{{London Gazette |date=2 August 1982 |supp=y |issue=49069 |page=10134 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG49069"/> |- | General Sir Robert Ford || 5 February 1980<ref name="LG48108"/> || 7 April 1981<ref name="LG48589">{{London Gazette |date=16 April 1981 |supp=y |issue=48589 |page=5767 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir William Scotter || 27 December 1980<ref name="LG48498"/> || 5 February 1981<ref name="LG48554">{{London Gazette |date=16 March 1981 |supp=y |issue=48554 |page=3780 |nolink=yes}}</ref> † || |- | General Sir John Stanier || 6 April 1981<ref name="LG48589"/> || 10 July 1985<ref name="LG50226">{{London Gazette |date=12 August 1985 |supp=y |issue=50226 |page=11147 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG50226"/> |- | General Sir Michael Gow || 7 April 1981<ref name="LG48589"/> || 7 April 1984<ref>{{London Gazette |date=19 April 1984 |supp=y |issue=49714 |page=5814 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley || 24 April 1981<ref name="LG48606"/> || 14 February 1983<ref name="LG49265">{{London Gazette |date=14 February 1983 |supp=y |issue=49265 |page=2218 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir George Cooper || 31 July 1982<ref name="LG49069"/> || 26 May 1984<ref name="LG49754">{{London Gazette |date=4 June 1984 |issue=49754 |page=7748 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Frank Kitson || 14 February 1983<ref name="LG49265"/> || 27 July 1985<ref name="LG50226"/> || |- | General Sir Thomas Morony || 7 April 1984<ref>{{London Gazette |date=25 May 1984 |supp=y |issue=49748 |page=7444 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 11 November 1986<ref>{{London Gazette |date=10 November 1986 |supp=y |issue=50709 |page=14508 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Roland Guy || 26 May 1984<ref name="LG49754"/> || 7 February 1987<ref name="LG50826">{{London Gazette |date=9 May 1987 |supp=y |issue=50826 |page=1771 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Nigel Bagnall || 10 July 1985<ref name="LG50226"/> || 9 September 1988<ref name="LG51467">{{London Gazette |date=12 September 1988 |supp=y |issue=51467 |page=10255 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG51467"/> |- | General Sir Edward Burgess || 27 July 1985<ref name="LG50226"/> || 2 October 1987<ref name="LG51080">{{London Gazette |date=5 October 1987 |supp=y |issue=51080 |page=12383 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir David Mostyn || 7 February 1987<ref name="LG50826"/> || 10 February 1989<ref name="LG51644">{{London Gazette |date=13 February 1989 |supp=y |issue=51644 |page=1887 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Chapple || 2 October 1987<ref name="LG51080"/> || 14 February 1992<ref name="LG52850">{{London Gazette |date=2 March 1992 |supp=y |issue=52850 |page=3791 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Huxtable || 9 September 1988<ref name="LG51467"/> || 3 December 1990<ref name="LG52353">{{London Gazette |date=3 December 1990 |supp=y |issue=52353 |page=18702 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Robert Pascoe || 10 February 1989<ref name="LG51644"/> || 21 February 1991<ref name="LG52485">{{London Gazette |date=25 March 1991 |supp=y |issue=52485 |page=4774 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham || 3 December 1990<ref name="LG52353"/> || 13 July 1993<ref name="LG53369">{{London Gazette |date=12 July 1993 |supp=y |issue=53369 |page=11759 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Peter Inge || 21 February 1991<ref name="LG52485"/> || 21 April 1994<ref name="LG53710">{{London Gazette |date=20 June 1994 |supp=y |issue=53710 |page=8914 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || Promoted to field marshal.<ref name="LG53710"/> |- | General Sir John Waters || 14 February 1992<ref name="LG52850"/> || 22 March 1995<ref>{{London Gazette |date=27 March 1995 |supp=y |issue=53992 |page=4691 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Charles Guthrie || 13 July 1993<ref name="LG53369"/> || 4 May 2001<ref>{{London Gazette |date=22 May 2001 |supp=y |issue=56211 |page=6098 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir John Wilsey || 21 April 1994<ref name="LG53710"/> || 24 June 1996<ref>{{London Gazette |date=23 September 1996 |issue=54532 |page=12671 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Michael Rose || 9 September 1995<ref>{{London Gazette |date=11 September 1995 |supp=y |issue=54153 |page=12372 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 31 August 1997<ref name="LG54881">{{London Gazette |date=1 September 1997 |supp=y |issue=54881 |page=9955 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Roger Wheeler || 6 December 1996<ref>{{London Gazette |date=23 December 1996 |issue=54617 |page=16937 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 7 August 2000<ref name="LG55935">{{London Gazette |date=8 August 2000 |supp=y |issue=55935 |page=8748 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie || 17 March 1997<ref>{{London Gazette |date=7 April 1997 |supp=y |issue=54726 |page=4170 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 8 February 1999<ref name="LG55424">{{London Gazette |date=8 March 1999 |supp=y |issue=55424 |page=2725 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Michael Walker || 1 September 1997<ref name="LG54881"/> || 5 June 2006<ref name="LG58008">{{London Gazette |date=13 June 2006 |supp=y |issue=58008 |page=8065 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Alexander Harley || 8 February 1999<ref name="LG55424"/> || 7 August 2000<ref name="LG55935"/> || |- | General Sir Rupert Smith || 7 August 2000<ref name="LG55935"/> || 1 November 2001<ref name="LG56399">{{London Gazette |date=27 November 2001 |supp=y |issue=56399 |page=13956 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Samuel Cowan || 7 August 2000<ref name="LG55935"/> || 18 November 2002<ref>{{London Gazette |date=7 January 2003 |supp=y |issue=56811 |page=124 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Mike Jackson || 1 November 2001<ref name="LG56399"/> || 14 November 2006<ref>{{London Gazette |date=21 November 2006 |supp=y |issue=58157 |page=16033 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman || 6 January 2003<ref>{{London Gazette |date=18 February 2003 |supp=y |issue=56850 |page=2050 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 29 October 2009<ref>{{London Gazette |date=3 November 2009 |supp=y |issue=59231 |page=18943 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Richard Dannatt || 5 June 2006<ref name="LG58008"/> || 1 September 2009<ref>{{London Gazette |date=6 October 2009 |supp=y |issue=59204 |page=17114 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Redmond Watt || 8 January 2007<ref>{{London Gazette |date=13 February 2007 |supp=y |issue=58245 |page=2075 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 30 April 2008<ref>{{London Gazette |date=6 May 2008 |supp=y |issue=58690 |page=6866 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir David Richards || 12 June 2008<ref>{{London Gazette |date=24 June 2008 |supp=y |issue=58745 |page=9457 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 2 January 2014<ref name="LG62258">{{London Gazette |date=17 April 2018 |supp=y |issue=62258 |page=6842 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Nicholas Houghton || 1 October 2009<ref>{{London Gazette |date=20 October 2009 |supp=y |issue=59216 |page=17989 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 24 January 2017<ref name="LG62258"/> || |- | General Sir Peter Wall || 30 October 2009<ref>{{London Gazette |date=1 December 2009 |supp=y |issue=59256 |page=20794 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 5 September 2014<ref name="LG61004">{{London Gazette |date=30 September 2014 |supp=y |issue=61004 |page=18953 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Nick Parker || 29 October 2010<ref>{{London Gazette |date=30 November 2010 |supp=y |issue=59619 |page=23016 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 25 May 2013<ref>{{London Gazette |date=28 May 2013 |supp=y |issue=60517 |page=10440 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Richard Barrons || 19 April 2013<ref>{{London Gazette |date=9 July 2013 |supp=y |issue=60563 |page=13499 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 5 April 2016<ref name="LG61656">{{London Gazette |date=26 July 2016 |supp=y |issue=61656 |page=16081 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Nicholas Carter || 5 September 2014<ref name="LG61004"/> || 1 December 2021<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63548|supp=y|page=22144|date=7 December 2021}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Christopher Deverell || 5 April 2016<ref name="LG61656"/> || 10 May 2019<ref name="LG62706">{{London Gazette |date=9 July 2019 |supp=y |issue=62706 |page=12170 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith|| 11 June 2018<ref>{{London Gazette |date=26 June 2018 |supp=y |issue=62336 |page=11298 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 13 June 2022<ref name="LG63728">{{London Gazette |date=14 June 2022 |supp=y |issue=63728 |page=11191 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir Patrick Sanders|| 6 May 2019<ref>{{London Gazette |date=7 May 2019 |supp=y |issue=62635 |page=8120 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || 16 June 2024<ref>{{London Gazette |date=23 July 2024 |supp=y |issue=64466 |page=14200 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || |- | General Sir James Hockenhull|| 23 May 2022<ref name="LG63728"/> || 3 March 2026<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=65029|date=31 March 2026|page=6404|supp=y}}</ref> || |- | General Dame Sharon Nesmith|| 17 May 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/general-sharon-nesmith-appointed-new-vice-chief-of-the-defence-staff |title=General Sharon Nesmith appointed new Vice Chief of the Defence Staff |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 May 2024 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=26 June 2024 |quote=}}</ref>|| |- | General Sir Roland Walker|| 16 June 2024<ref>{{London Gazette |date=18 June 2024 |supp=y |issue=64435 |page=11742 |nolink=yes}}</ref> || || |- |} : † : Date of death.
==References== {{refbegin}} {{reflist|30em}} {{refend}}
Category:Positions within the British Royal Household