Succession of Colonels 1755 - 1963
extracted from "The Succession of Colonels of the British Army From 1660 to the Present Day" by N. B. Leslie
53rd REGIMENT OF FOOT
| Lt-Gen. |
William Whitmore |
21 Dec 1755 |
| Maj-Gen. |
John Toovey |
5 Apr 1759 |
| Gen. |
Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone |
5 Feb 1770 |
| Gen. |
Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake |
3 Apr 1794 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Welbore Ellis Doyle |
2 Nov 1796 |
| Gen. |
Charles Crosbie |
3 Jan 1798 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir John Abercromby, GCB |
21 Mar 1807 |
| Gen. |
Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, KCH, KC |
24 Feb 1817 |
| F.M. |
Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, GCB |
19 Nov 1830 |
| Gen. |
Sir John MacDonald, KCB |
8 May 1854 |
| Lt-Gen. |
William Sutherland |
25 May 1855 |
| Gen. |
Frederick Maunsell |
4 Jun 1860 |
| Maj-Gen |
Charles William Ridley, CB |
2 Apr 1865 |
| Lt-Gen. |
William George Gold |
2 Feb 1867 |
| Gen. |
Sir Charles Trollope, KCB |
27 Dec 1868 |
85th REGIMENT OF FOOT
| F.M. |
Sir George Nugent, BC GCB |
1 Mar 1794 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Charles Ross, Bt |
27 Dec 1805 |
| Gen. |
Sir Charles Asgill, Bt, GCH |
30 Oct 1806 |
| Gen. |
Thomas Slaughter Stanwix |
25 Feb 1807 |
| Gen. |
Sir James Willoughby Gordon, Bt, GCB, GCH |
27 Nov 1815 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Herbert Taylor, GCB, GCH |
23 Apr 1823 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir William Thornton, KCB |
9 Apr 1839 |
| F.M. |
Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, GCB |
4 Apr 1840 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Thomas Pearson, KCB, KCH |
21 Nov 1843 |
| Gen. |
Sir John Wright Guise, Bt, GCB |
1 Jun 1847 |
| Gen. |
Frederick Maunsell |
2 Apr 1865 |
| Lt-Gen. |
George Campbell, CB |
19 Oct 1875 |
| Gen. |
Arnold Charles Errington |
23 Dec 1876 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Percy Hill, CB |
27 Sep 1879 |
| Gen. |
Sir Henry Percival de Bathe, Bt |
25 Apr 1880 |
THE KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
53rd & 85th
| Gen. |
Sir Charles Trollope, KCB - 1st Bn. |
27 Dec 1868 |
| Gen. |
Sir Henry Percival de Bathe, Bt - 2nd Bn. |
25 Apr 1880 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Charles Edmond Knox, KCB |
6 Jan 1907 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Raymond Northland Revell Reade, CB, CMG |
19 Jan 1921 |
| Gen. |
Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, KCB, KCVO, DSO |
16 Feb 1931 |
| Maj-Gen. |
John Malcolm Lawrence Grover, CB, MC |
1 Jan 1947 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Ernest Edward Down, KBE, CB |
5 May 1955 |
| Maj-Gen. |
William Reginald Cox, CB, DSO |
5 Nov 1957 |
| Gen. |
Sir Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson, GCB, CBE, DSO |
5 Nov 1963 |
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