Succession of Colonels 1777 - 1957
extracted from "The Succession of Colonels of the British Army From 1660 to the Present Day" by N. B. Leslie
71st REGIMENT OF FOOT
| Maj-Gen. |
John Mackenzie, Lord Macleod |
19 Dec 1777 |
| Get |
Hon. William Gordon |
9 Apr 1789 |
| Gen. |
Sir John Francis Caradoc, 1st Lord Howden, GCB, KC |
6 Aug 1803 |
| Get |
Francis Dundas |
7 Jan 1809 |
| Got |
Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB |
16 Jan 1824 |
| Cot |
Sir Colin Halkett, GCB, GCH |
21 Sep 1829 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham, KCB, KCH |
28 Mar 1838 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Thomas Reynell, Bt, KCB |
15 Mar 1841 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB |
18 Feb 1848 |
| Gen. |
Sir James Macdonell, GCB, KCH |
8 Feb 1849 |
| Got |
Sir Thomas Erskine Napier, KCB |
16 May 1857 |
| Gen. |
Hon. Charles Grey |
6 Jul 1863 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Robert Law, KH |
1 Apr 1870 |
| Gen. |
Hon. Sir George Cadogan, KCB |
17 May 1874 |
| Gen. |
John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple, CB |
28 Jan 1880 |
74th REGIMENT OF FOOT
| Maj-Gen. |
Sir Archibald Campbell, KB, of Inverneil (d. 1791) |
12 Oct 1787 |
| Gen. |
Charles O`Hara |
1 Apr 1791 |
| Gen. |
John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, GCB |
24 Mar 1802 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir John Stuart, GCB (Count of Maida) |
8 Sep 1806 |
| Gen. |
Hon. Sir Alexander Hope, GCB |
29 Dec 1809 |
| Lt-Gen. |
James Montgomerie |
26 Apr 1813 |
| Gen. |
Hon. Sir Charles Colville, GCB, GCH |
13 Jun 1823 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Sir James Campbell, KCB, KCH (d. 1835) |
12 Dec 1834 |
| Gen. |
Sir Phineas Riall, KCH |
20 May 1835 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Sir Alexander Cameron, KCB |
24 Apr 1846 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Alexander Thomson |
15 Aug 1860 |
| Gen. |
Charles Augustus Shawe |
24 Nov 1856 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Percy Egerton Herbert, KCB |
5 Apr 1876 |
| Gen. |
Walter Douglas Phillipps Patton-Bethune |
8 Oct 1876 |
THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
71st & 74th
| Gen. |
Walter Douglas Phillips Patton-Bethune - 2nd Bn. |
8 Oct 1876 |
| Gen. |
John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple, CB - 1st Bn. |
28 Jan 1881 |
| Lt-Gen. |
William Kelty McLeod |
29 Jan 1901 |
| Gen. |
Sir Henry John Thoroton Hildyard, GCB |
30 Dec 1903 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir William Pitcairn Campbell, KCB |
26 Jul 1916 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir David Henderson, KCB, KCVO, DSO |
3 Mar 1918 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Granville George Algernon Egerton, CB |
18 Aug 1921 |
| Gen. |
Sir Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Lord Horne, GCB, KCMG |
10 May 1929 |
| Brig-Gen. |
Sir Alfred Granville Balfour, KBE, GB |
2 Dec 1929 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Sir Andrew Jameson McCulloch, KBE, CB, DSO, DCM |
15 Mar 1936 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer-Smollett, CB, CBE, DSO, MC |
14 Jul 1946 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Robert Elliott Urquhart, CB, DSO |
13 Aug 1954 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Ronald Albert Bramwell Davis, CB, DSO |
24 Dec 1957 |
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