Between the period 1715 and 1887 it was not unusual for the Regiment to have several Lieutenant Colonels appointed at the same time, although only one of them commanded. A number of those who commanded succeeded from positions of second or even third Lieutenant Colonel appointments.
1715 – 1716 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Killigrew
1716 – 1717 Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Rapin
1717 – 1720 Lieutenant Colonel William Boyle
1720 – 1731 Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Newcomin
1731 – 1737 Lieutenant Colonel H. Desgrangues
1737 – 1749 Lieutenant Colonel William Wright
1749 – 1754 Lieutenant Colonel James Norris
1754 – 1781 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Earle
1773 Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Burgoyne, Bart. (Later Major General)
1781 – 1802 Lieutenant Colonel Grice Blackeney (Later General)
1802 – Lieutenant Colonel John Michel (Later General)
1803 – 1805 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hawker, G.C.H. (Later General)
1805 Neil Talbot appointed second Lieutenant Colonel
1811 – 1819 Lieutenant Colonel Felton Bathurst Hervey
1819 – 1829 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Massey Baker
1829 – 1845 Lieutenant Colonel John Townsend (Later Colonel)
1845 – 1848 Lt Col William Havelock
1845 – Edward Harvey appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General)
1848 – 1850 Lieutenant Colonel John Wallace King C.B.
1850 – 1857 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Edward Doherty C.B. (Later General)
1857 – 1861 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Steuart C.B. (Later Lieutenant General)
1857 – Charles Philip de Ainslie appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later General)
1861 – 1861 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Scudamore (Later Major General)
1861- 1864 Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Russell, Bart., C.B. (Later Colonel)
1864 – 1876 Lieutenant Colonel Pearson Scott Thompson C.B. (Later Major General)
1876 – 1876 Lieutenant Colonel Francis Pemberton Campbell
1876 – 1881 Lieutenant Colonel William Arbuthnot C.B. (Later Major General)
1881 – 1885 Lieutenant Colonel John Hunter Knox (Later Colonel)
1881 – Francis Shirley Russell C.M.G. appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General)
1885 – 1887 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Falkiner Morton (Later Colonel)
1885 James Dennis appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Colonel)
1887 – 1891 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blackburne Hamilton (Later Colonel)
1891 – 1896 Lieutenant Colonel The Hon George Hugh Gough C.B. (Later Colonel)
1896 – 1899 Lieutenant Colonel Augustus John English
1899 – 1901 Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Henry Claude Hamilton (Later Colonel)
1901 – 1907 Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Donough John O’Brien (Later Brigadier General)
1907 – 1911 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson V.C., C.B. (Later Colonel)
1911 – 1915 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Campbell Stephen C.B. (Later Brigadier General)
1915 – 1916 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ernest Lynedoch Hill-Whitson
1916 – 1917 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Westbrook Hewitt D.S.O.
1917 – 1919 Lieutenant Colonel Edgar James Bridges M.C.
1919 – 1919 Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. Hugh Edward Joicey D.S.O., J.P.
1919 – 1921 Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Vincent Kempenfeldt Applin D.S.O.
1921 – 1922 Lieutenant Colonel John Gilbert Browne C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.
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