Grenadier Guards - Colonels

Colonels

The following is a list of individuals who have served in the role of colonel of the regiment:

  • Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth (1656);
  • Hon. John Russell (1660);
  • Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1681);
  • Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield (1688);
  • Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1688);
  • Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney (1689);
  • Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg (1690);
  • Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney (1693);
  • John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1704);
  • James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1712);
  • John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1714);
  • William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (1722);
  • Sir Charles Wills (1726);
  • Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1742);
  • John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1757);
  • Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1770);
  • Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1805);
  • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1827);
  • Albert, Prince Consort (1852);
  • Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1861);
  • Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1904);
  • Princess Elizabeth (1942);
  • George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1952);
  • Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair (1960);
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1975).

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