Irish Guards - Colonels of The Regiment

Colonels of The Regiment

British Army regiments typically have an honorary "colonel", often a member of the Royal Family or a prominent retired military officer with connections to the regiment, who functions as a kind of patron or guardian of the regiment's interests in high government circles. HM The Queen is colonel-in-chief of all Guards regiments.

The Irish Guards colonels have been:

• FM The Rt Hon The Earl Roberts – appointed 17 October 1900.
• FM The Rt Hon The Earl Kitchener – appointed 15 November 1914.
• FM The Rt Hon The Earl of Ypres – appointed 6 June 1916.
• FM The Rt Hon The Earl of Cavan – appointed 23 May 1925.
• FM The Rt Hon The Earl Alexander of Tunis – appointed 28 August 1946.
• Gen Sir Basil Eugster – appointed 17 June 1969.
• Gen HRH Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg – appointed 21 August 1984.
• 2Lt His Grace The Duke of Abercorn – appointed 1 November 2000.
• Maj Gen Sir Sebastian Roberts – appointed 17 March 2008.
• Capt HRH The Duke of Cambridge – appointed 10 February 2011.