Commander in Chief

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes 	
The Duke of Monmouth 	30 March 1674 	1679 	Captain-General from 1678 	
The Earl of Marlborough 	3 June 1690 	30 April 1691 	 	
The Duke of Leinster 	30 April 1691 	1697 	 	
The Earl of Marlboroughfrom 1702, the Duke of Marlborough 	24 April 1702 	1 January 1712 	Captain-General 	
The Duke of Ormonde 	1 January 1712 	23 September 1714	Captain-General 	
vacant 	23 September 1714	1 January 1744 	 	
The Earl of Stair 	1 January 1744 	1745 	 	
George Wade 	1745 	10 December 1745 	 	
HRH The Duke of Cumberland 	10 December 1745 	24 October 1757 	also Captain-General 	
Sir John Ligonierfrom December 1757, the Viscount Ligonier	24 October 1757 	13 August 1766 	 	
Marquess of Granby 	13 August 1766 	17 January 1770 	 	
vacant 	17 January 1770 	19 March 1778 	 	
The Lord Amherst 	19 March 1778 	29 March 1782 	 	
Henry Seymour Conway 	29 March 1782 	19 December 1783 	 	
vacant 	19 December 1783 	21 January 1793 	 	
The Lord Amherst 	21 January 1793 	11 February 1795 	 	
HRH The Duke of York 	11 February 1795 	25 March 1809 	also Captain-General from 1798	
Sir David Dundas 	25 March 1809 	29 May 1811 	 	
HRH The Duke of York 	29 May 1811 	6 January 1827 	also Captain-General 	
vacant 	6 January 1827 	27 August 1827 	 	
The Duke of Wellington 	27 August 1827 	14 February 1828 	 	
The Lord Hill 	25 February 1828 	15 August 1842 	 	
The Duke of Wellington 	15 August 1842 	14 September 1852	 	
The Viscount Hardinge 	28 December 1852 	15 July 1856 	 	
HRH The Duke of Cambridge 	15 July 1856 	1 November 1895 	 	
The Viscount Wolseley 	1 November 1895 	3 January 1901 	 	
The Earl Roberts 	1 January 1901 	February 1904