General of The Salvation Army
Generals of The Salvation Army

General of The Salvation Army

Section Title: Generals of The Salvation Army
Table Section Text: None

No.	General	Took office	Left office	Nationality	Born	Died

1st	William Booth, OBE	2 July 1865	20 August 1912	United Kingdom	10 April 1829	20 August 1912

2nd	Bramwell Booth, CH	21 August 1912	8 January 1929	United Kingdom	8 March 1856	16 June 1929

3rd	Edward Higgins	13 February 1929	11 November 1934	United Kingdom	26 November 1864	14 December 1947

4th	Evangeline Booth, OF	11 November 1934	1 November 1939	United Kingdom, United States	25 December 1865	17 July 1950

5th	George Carpenter	1 November 1939	21 June 1946	Australia	20 June 1872	9 April 1948

6th	Albert Orsborn	21 June 1946	1 July 1954	United Kingdom	4 September 1886	4 February 1967

7th	Wilfred Kitching, CBE	1 July 1954	23 November 1963	United Kingdom	22 August 1893	15 December 1977

8th	Frederick Coutts, CBE	23 November 1963	21 September 1969	United Kingdom	21 September 1899	6 February 1986

9th	Erik Wickberg	21 September 1969	6 July 1974	Sweden	6 July 1904	26 April 1996

10th	Clarence Wiseman, OC	6 July 1974	5 July 1977	Canada	19 June 1907	4 May 1985

11th	Arnold Brown, OC	5 July 1977	14 December 1981	Canada	13 December 1913	26 June 2002

12th	Jarl Wahlström	14 December 1981	9 July 1986	Finland	9 July 1918	3 December 1999

13th	Eva Burrows, AC	9 July 1986	9 July 1993	Australia	15 September 1929	20 March 2015

14th	Bramwell Tillsley	9 July 1993	18 May 1994	Canada	18 August 1931

15th	Paul Rader	23 July 1994	23 July 1999	United States	14 March 1934

16th	John Gowans	23 July 1999	13 November 2002	United Kingdom	13 November 1934	8 December 2012

17th	John Larsson	13 November 2002	2 April 2006	Sweden	2 April 1938

18th	Shaw Clifton	2 April 2006	2 April 2011	United Kingdom	21 September 1945

19th	Linda Bond	2 April 2011	13 June 2013	Canada	22 June 1946

20th	Andre Cox	3 August 2013	3 August 2018	United Kingdom Switzerland	12 July 1954

21st	Brian Peddle	3 August 2018	Incumbent	Canada	9 August 1957

Sentence(s)

Andre Cox was elected as the 20th General of The Salvation Army on 3 August 2013.

final_sentence: Andre Cox was elected as the 20th General of The Salvation Army on 3 August 2013.