Grenadier Guards

==Colonels of the Grenadier Guards, 1656-present==
Name 	Entered command 	Left command 	
Colonel The Lord Wentworth 	1656 	23 November 1660 	
Colonel John Russell 	23 November 1660 	14 December 1681 	
Brigadier-General The Duke of Grafton 	14 December 1681 	30 November 1688 	
Colonel The Earl of Lichfield 	30 November 1688 	31 December 1688 	
Brigadier-General The Duke of Grafton 	31 December 1688 	16 March 1689 	
Lieutenant-General The Viscount Sydney 	16 March 1689 	27 December 1690 	
General The Duke of Schomberg 	27 December 1690 	17 October 1693 	
Lieutenant-General The Viscount Sydney later The Earl of Romney 	27 November 1693 	8 April 1704 	
General The Duke of Marlborough 	25 April 1704 	1 January 1712 	
General The Duke of Ormonde 	1 January 1712 	26 September 1714	
General The Duke of Marlborough 	26 September 1714	16 June 1722 	
General The Earl Cadogan 	18 June 1722 	17 July 1726 	
General Sir Charles Wills 	26 September 1726	18 February 1742 	
General H.R.H. The Duke of Cumberland 	18 February 1742 	30 November 1757 	
Field Marshal The Viscount Ligonier later The Earl Ligonier 	30 November 1757 	28 April 1770 	
Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 	30 April 1770 	25 August 1805 	
Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of York and Albany 	5 September 1805 	5 January 1827 	
Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington 	22 January 1827 	14 September 1852	
Field Marshal H.R.H. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha later The Prince Consort	23 September 1852	14 December 1861 	
Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge 	15 December 1861 	17 March 1904 	
Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 	1 May 1904 	16 January 1942 	
Colonel H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth later Duchess of Edinburgh 	16 January 1942 	6 February 1952 	
General The Lord Jeffreys 	8 April 1952 	19 December 1960 	
Major-General Sir Allan Adair 	19 December 1960 	1 March 1975 	
Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh 	1 March 1975