Major-General commanding the Household Division

List of Commanders

Commanding Home District

• General the Duke of Cambridge 1804–

  Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards (1856–1870)

• Major-General Lord Rokeby 1856–1861
• Major-General James Robertson Craufurd 1861–1863
• Major-General Lord Frederick Paulet 1863–1867
• Major-General the Hon. James Alexander Lindsay 1867–1868
• Major-General Frederick William Hamilton 1868–1870

  Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding Home District (1870–1906)

• Major-General Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar 1870–1876 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Frederick Stephenson 1876–1879 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir George Higginson 1879–1884 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Reginald Gipps 1884–1889 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Philip Smith 1889–1892 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General The Lord Methuen 1892–1897 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir Henry Trotter 1897–1903 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Laurence Oliphant, 1903–1906 late Grenadier Guards

  Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District (1906–1950)

• Major-General Sir Frederick Stopford, 1906–1909 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Alfred Codrington, 1909–1913 late Grenadier Guards
• Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Lloyd 1913–1918 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Geoffrey Feilding 1918–1920 late Coldstream Guards
• Major-General Sir George Jeffreys 1920–1924 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 1924–1928 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir Charles Corkran, 1928–1932 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Albemarle Cator, April – November 1932 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir Charles Grant, 1932–1934 late Coldstream Guards
• Major-General Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke, 1934–1938 late Grenadier Guards
• Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Thorne, 1938–1939 late Grenadier Guards
• Lieutenant-General Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke, 1939–1942 late Grenadier Guards
• Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Smith, 1942–1944 late Coldstream Guards
• Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Loyd, 1944–1947 late Coldstream Guards
• Major-General Sir John Marriott, 1947–1950 late Scots Guards

  Major-General Commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District (1950–1968)

• Major-General Sir Julian Gascoigne, 1950–1953 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir George Johnson, 1953–1957 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir Rodney Moore, 1957–1959 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir George Burns, 1959–1962 late Coldstream Guards
• Major-General Sir John Nelson, 1962–1965 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Basil Eugster, 1965–1968 late Irish Guards

  Major-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District (1968–)

• Major-General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, 1968–1971 late Life Guards
• Major-General Sir James Bowes-Lyon, 1971–1973 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Philip Ward, 1973–1976 late Welsh Guards
• Major-General Sir John Swinton, 1976–1979 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir Desmond Langley, 1979–1983 late The Life Guards
• Major-General Sir James Eyre, 1983–1986 late Royal Horse Guards
• Major-General Sir Christopher Airy, 1986–1989 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir Simon Cooper, 1989–1991 late Life Guards
• Major-General Sir Robert Corbett, 1991–1994 late Irish Guards
• Major-General Sir Iain Mackay-Dick, 1994–1997 late Scots Guards
• Major-General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, 1997–2000 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Redmond Watt, 2000–2003 late Welsh Guards
• Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts, 2003–2007 late Irish Guards
• Major-General Sir William Cubitt, 2007–2011 late Irish Guards 1998–2011
• Major-General Sir George Norton 2011–2013 late Grenadier Guards
• Major-General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne 2013–2016 late Life Guards
• Major-General Sir Ben Bathurst 2016–2019 late Welsh Guards
• Major General Chris Ghika 2019–Present late Irish Guards