List of Royal Marines full generals
This is a list of full generals in the Royal Marines. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the Royal Marines although no dedicated Royal Marines full general posts currently exist, unless they serve in tri-service positions.

List of Royal Marines full generals

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Table Section Text: This is a list of full generals in the Royal Marines. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the Royal Marines although no dedicated Royal Marines full general posts currently exist, unless they serve in tri-service positions.

Promoted	Name	Born	Died	Notes

1838	James Meredyth	1841

1854	Walter Tremenheere	1761	1855	placed on the Retired List 1855

1855	Edward Nicolls	1779	1865	Promoted while on the Retired List

1855	George Jones	1857

1855	George Beatty	1857

1857	Thomas Parke	1780	1858

1857	Sir Charles Menzies	1783	1866

1858	John Rawlins Coryton	1791	1867

1862	Sir Samuel Ellis	1787	1865

1866	Henry Ivatt Delacombe	1790	1878

1866	Fortescue Graham	1794	1880

1867	John Tatton Brown	1795	1880

1870	Sir Anthony Stransham	1805	1900

1870	Alexander Anderson	1807	1877

1870	Thomas Holloway	1875

1875	John Gascoigne	1811	1893

1875	Henry Carr Tate)

1897	Sir Howard Jones	1835	1912	placed on the Retired List 1900

Frederick Gasper Le Grand	1837	1905	placed on the Retired List 1901

1900	Samuel James Graham

1901	Ardley Henry Falwasser Barnes	1838	1910	placed on the Retired List 1902

1902	Edward Lee Rose	1842	1903

1912	Sir William Thompson Adair	1850	1931

1912	Henry Cecil Eagles	(1855–1927)?

1914	James Henry Bor	1857	1914

1914	William Inglefield Eastman	1856	1941

1928	Sir Lewis Halliday	1870	1966

1945	Sir Thomas Hunton	1885	1970

1948	Sir Dallas Brooks	1896	1966

1951	Sir Leslie Hollis	1897	1963

Sir John Westall	1901	1986

Sir Campbell Hardy	1906	1984

1961	Sir Ian Riches	1908	1996

1964	Sir Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor	1911	1969

1967	Sir Norman Tailyour	1914	1979

1970	Sir Peter Hellings	1916	1990

1973	Sir Ian Gourlay	1920	2013

1977	Sir Peter Whiteley	1920	2016

2016	Sir Gordon Messenger	1962	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from May 2016 onwards

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Gordon Messenger is one of the Royal Marine generals.

final_sentence: Gordon Messenger is one of the Royal Marine generals.