Adjutant-General (India)

Adjutants-General prior to Independence

• 6 March 1840–7 April 1846 Colonel Sir Henry George Smith
• 7 April 1846–22 November 1848 Colonel Charles Robert Cureton
• 2 February 1849–8 February 1854 Colonel Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain
• 7 April 1854–28 November 1854 Colonel Frederick Markham
• 28 November 1854–30 July 1857 Colonel Henry Havelock
• 31 July 1857–22 October 1858 Colonel Sir Edward Lugard
• 22 October 1858–1860 Colonel the Hon. William Lygon Pakenham
• 22 June 1860 – Jan 1866 Colonel Edmund Haythorne
• Jan 1866 – Mar 1869 Colonel Henry Errington Longden
• Mar 1869 – Mar 1874 Major-General the Hon. Frederic Augustus Thesiger
• Mar 1874 – Sep 1874 Major-General Edwin Beaumont Johnson
• Sep 1874 – Oct 1879 Major-General Sir Peter Stark Lumsden
• Oct 1879 – Nov 1884 Major-General Sir George Richards Greaves
• Nov 1884 – Feb 1887 Major-General Sir Thomas Durand Baker
• Feb 1887 – Oct 1890 Major-General William Kidston Elles
• Oct 1890 – Apr 1895 Major-General William Galbraith
• Apr 1895 – Nov 1898 Major-General Gerald de Courcy Morton
• 4 November 1898 – 9 Nov 1901 Major-General Sir William Nicholson
• *acting, while Nicholson served in South Africa during the Second Boer War:
• *4 Jan 1900 – Apr 1901 Major-General Sir Edmond Elles
• *Apr 1901 – Nov 1901 Major-General Beauchamp Duff
• 9 Nov 1901 – Jun 1903 Major-General Horace Smith-Dorrien
• Jun 1903 – Mar 1906 Major-General Beauchamp Duff
• Apr 1906 – May 1908 Major-General Alfred Martin
• Jun 1908 – Mar 1909 Major-General Robert Scallon
• Apr 1909 – Feb 1912 Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Barrett
• Mar 1912 – Nov 1915 Major-General Fenton Aylmer
• Nov 1915 – Feb 1917 Major-General John Walter
• Feb 1917 – Nov 1920 Lieutenant-General Sir Havelock Hudson
• Nov 1920 – Mar 1923 Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Delamain
• Mar 1923 – Feb 1924 Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow
• Feb 1924 – May 1928 General Sir John Shea
• May 1928 – May 1930 General Sir Robert Cassels
• May 1930 – Apr 1932 General Sir Norman MacMullen
• Apr 1932 – Apr 1936 General Sir Walter Leslie
• Apr 1936 – Oct 1937 Lieutenant-General Sir John Brind
• Oct 1937 – Mar 1941 General Sir Roger Wilson
• May 1941 – Oct 1941 Lieutenant-General Brodie Haig
• Oct 1941 – Mar 1944 Lieutenant-General Sir William Baker
• Mar 1944 – Mar 1946 Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Deedes
• Mar 1946 – 1947 Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Savory