Aide-de-camp general is a senior honorary appointment forgenerals in theBritish Army. The recipient is appointed as an aide-de-camp general to thehead of state, currentlyKing Charles III. They are entitled to the post-nominals "ADC (Gen.)".
TheRoyal Air Force's equivalent appointment isair aide-de-camp, while theRoyal Navy's isFirst and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp.
Name and rank | Date of appointment | Appointment ended | Notes |
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General SirWilliam Nicholson | 1 July 1910[1] | 19 June 1911[2] | Appointment vacated on promotion tofield marshal.[2] |
Lieutenant-General SirArthur Paget | 1 July 1910[1] | 1 July 1914[3] | |
Lieutenant-General SirHorace Smith-Dorrien | 1 July 1910[1] | 1 July 1914[3] | |
Major-GeneralSpencer Ewart | 1 July 1910[1] | 1 July 1914[3] | |
General SirJohn French | 19 June 1911[2] | 18 February 1914[4] | |
General SirEdmund Barrow,Indian Army | 2 December 1911[5] | 17 January 1913[6] | |
General SirO'Moore Creagh, Indian Army | 2 December 1911[5] | 8 March 1914[7] | |
Lieutenant-General SirRobert Scallon | 17 January 1913[6] | 29 October 1915[8] | |
Lieutenant-General SirDouglas Haig | 18 February 1914[4] | 1 January 1917 | Promoted to field marshal.[9] |
General SirBeauchamp Duff, Indian Army | 8 March 1914[7] | 3 November 1917[10] | |
Lieutenant-General SirJames Grierson | 1 July 1914[3] | 17 August 1914 † | |
General SirCharles Douglas | 1 July 1914[3] | 25 October 1914 † | |
General SirIan Hamilton | 1 July 1914[3] | 1 July 1918[11] | |
General SirJohn Nixon, Indian Army | 29 October 1915[8] | 3 November 1917[10] | |
General SirHerbert Plumer | 15 January 1917[12] | 31 July 1919[13] | Promoted to field marshal.[13] |
General SirArchibald Hunter | 15 January 1917[12] | 1 October 1920[14] | |
General SirWilliam Robertson | 15 January 1917[12] | 29 March 1920[15] | Promoted to field marshal.[15] |
General SirArthur Barrett | 3 November 1917[10] | 31 May 1920[16] | |
General SirWilliam Birdwood | 3 November 1917[10] | 21 June 1922[17] | |
General SirCharles Monro | 1 July 1918[11] | 30 June 1922[18] | |
General theLord Rawlinson | 31 July 1919[13] | 31 July 1923[19] | |
General theLord Horne | 29 March 1920[15] | 29 March 1924[20] | |
Lieutenant-General theEarl of Cavan | 1 October 1920[14] | 26 April 1922[21] | |
General SirClaud Jacob | 11 January 1921[16] | 31 May 1924[22] | |
General SirFrancis Davies | 26 April 1922[21] | 26 April 1926[23] | |
General SirHavelock Hudson | 21 June 1922[17] | 14 February 1924[24] | |
General SirThomas Morland | 30 June 1922[18] | 21 May 1925[25] † | |
General SirGeorge Milne | 31 July 1923[19] | 31 July 1927[26] | |
Lieutenant-General SirGeorge Barrow | 14 February 1924[24] | 14 February 1928[27] | |
General SirWalter Congreve | 29 March 1924[20] | 28 February 1927[28] † | |
Lieutenant-General SirJohn Shea | 31 May 1924[22] | 31 May 1928[29] | |
General SirAlexander Godley | 22 May 1925[25] | 22 May 1929[30] | |
General SirJohn Du Cane | 26 April 1926[23] | 26 April 1930[31] | |
General SirWalter Braithwaite | 14 March 1927[28] | 1 March 1931[32] | |
General SirPhilip Chetwode | 31 July 1927[26] | 31 July 1931[33] | |
Lieutenant-General SirAndrew Skeen | 14 February 1928[27] | 26 April 1929[34] | |
General SirAlexander Cobbe, Indian Army | 31 May 1928[29] | 29 June 1931[35] † | |
General SirRobert Cassels, Indian Army | 26 April 1929[34] | 9 June 1933[36] | |
General SirJohn Asser | 22 May 1929[30] | 9 August 1930[37] | |
General SirCharles Harington | 26 April 1930[31] | 26 April 1934[38] | |
General SirRobert Whigham | 9 August 1930[37] | 1 March 1931[32] | |
General SirDavid Campbell | 1 March 1931[32] | 1 March 1935[39] | |
General SirArchibald Montgomery-Massingberd | 1 March 1931[32] | 1 March 1935[39] | |
General SirNorman MacMullen, Indian Army | 29 June 1931[35] | 12 September 1935[40] | |
General SirWilliam Thwaites | 31 July 1931[33] | 1 October 1933[41] | Extra A.D.C. General from 1 October 1933[41] until 31 July 1935.[42] |
General SirKenneth Wigram, Indian Army | 9 June 1933[36] | 6 June 1936[43] | |
General SirPercy Radcliffe | 1 October 1933[41] | 9 February 1934[44] † | |
General SirCyril Deverell | 10 February 1934[44] | 15 May 1936[45] | Promoted to field marshal.[45] |
General the Honourable SirJohn Gathorne-Hardy | 26 April 1934[38] | 12 October 1937[46] | |
General SirAlexander Wardrop, Indian Army | 1 March 1935[39] | 12 October 1937[46] | |
General SirJohn Burnett-Stuart | 1 March 1935[39] | 26 April 1938[47] | |
General SirWalter Leslie, Indian Army | 12 September 1935[40] | 1 May 1936[48] | |
General SirHenry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army | 1 May 1936[48] | 1 April 1938[49] | |
General SirGeorge Jeffreys | 15 May 1936[45] | 17 August 1938[50] | |
Lieutenant-General SirJohn Coleridge, Indian Army | 6 June 1936[43] | 6 June 1940[51] | |
General SirWalter Kirke | 12 October 1937[46] | 1 July 1940[52] | |
General SirEdmund Ironside | 12 October 1937[46] | 20 July 1940[52] | Promoted to field marshal.[52] |
General SirDouglas Baird, Indian Army | 1 April 1938[49] | 1 April 1940[53] | |
General SirWilliam Bartholomew | 26 April 1938[47] | 8 June 1940[52] | |
General SirCharles Bonham-Carter | 17 August 1938[50] | 17 August 1941[54] | |
General SirSydney Muspratt, Indian Army | 1 April 1940[53] | 15 December 1941[55] | |
General SirRoger Wilson, Indian Army | 6 June 1940[51] | 15 May 1941[56] | |
General SirRobert Gordon-Finlayson | 8 June 1940[52] | 24 November 1941[57] | |
General SirJohn Dill | 1 July 1940[52] | 18 November 1941[57] | Promoted to field marshal.[57] |
General theViscount Gort | 20 July 1940[52] | 20 July 1944[58] | |
General SirClaude Auchinleck | 15 May 1941[56] | 1 June 1946 | Promoted to field marshal.[59] |
General SirArchibald Wavell | 17 August 1941[54] | 18 October 1943[60] | AppointedViceroy and Governor-General of India.[60] |
General SirWalter Venning | 18 November 1941[57] | 11 September 1942[61] | |
General SirHenry Maitland Wilson | 24 November 1941[57] | 29 December 1944 | Promoted to field marshal.[62] |
General SirAlan Hartley, Indian Army | 15 December 1941[55] | 7 July 1944[63] | |
General SirAlan Brooke | 11 September 1942[61] | 26 June 1946[64] | |
General SirGeorge Giffard | 18 October 1943[60] | 17 August 1946[65] | |
GeneralMosley Mayne, Indian Army | 7 July 1944[63] | 1 March 1947[66] | |
General the Honourable SirHarold Alexander | 20 July 1944[58] | 5 April 1946[64] | |
General SirBernard Paget | 13 October 1944[67] | 14 October 1946[68] | Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra).[67] |
General SirRichard O'Connor | 5 April 1946[64] | 30 January 1948[69] | |
General SirCharles Loyd | 26 June 1946[64] | 23 April 1947[70] | |
General SirDaril Watson | 17 August 1946[65] | 19 August 1947[71] | |
General SirMiles Dempsey | 14 October 1946[68] | 22 August 1947[72] | |
General SirGeoffry Scoones, Indian Army | 1 March 1947[66] | 1 August 1949[73] | |
General SirEdwin Morris | 23 April 1947[70] | 15 November 1948[74] | |
General SirPhilip Christison | 19 August 1947[71] | 27 June 1949[75] | |
General SirMontagu Stopford | 22 August 1947[72] | 6 July 1949[76] | |
General SirJohn Crocker | 30 January 1948[69] | 31 January 1951[77] | |
GeneralHarry Crerar,Canadian Army | 23 July 1948[78] | c.1953 | |
General SirNeil Ritchie | 15 November 1948[74] | 30 August 1951[79] | |
General SirBrian Robertson | 27 June 1949[76] | 27 June 1952[80] | |
General SirEvelyn Barker | 6 July 1949[76] | c.1950 | |
General SirJames Steele | c.1950 | 21 October 1950[81] | |
General SirJohn Harding | 21 October 1950[81] | 21 July 1953[82] | Promoted to field marshal.[82] |
General SirFrank Simpson | 31 January 1951[77] | 31 January 1954[83] | |
General SirGerald Templer | 30 August 1951[79] | 30 August 1954[84] | |
General SirOuvry Roberts | 27 June 1952[80] | 26 June 1955[85] | |
General SirCharles Keightley | 21 July 1953[82] | 20 July 1956[86] | |
General SirRichard Gale | 31 January 1954[83] | 31 January 1957[87] | |
General SirCameron Nicholson | 30 August 1954[84] | 29 November 1956[88] | |
General SirGeorge Erskine | 26 June 1955[85] | 26 June 1958[89] | |
General SirRobert Mansergh | 20 July 1956[86] | 13 February 1959[90] | |
General SirCharles Loewen | 29 November 1956[88] | 14 August 1959[91] | |
General SirNevil Brownjohn | 31 January 1957[87] | 29 November 1958[92] | |
General SirFrancis Festing | 26 June 1958[89] | 1 September 1960[93] | |
General SirDudley Ward | 29 November 1958[92] | 29 November 1961[94] | |
General SirHugh Stockwell | 13 February 1959[90] | 13 February 1962[95] | |
General SirGeoffrey Bourne | 14 August 1959[91] | 29 April 1960[96] | |
General SirJames Cassels | 29 April 1960[96] | 29 April 1963[97] | |
General SirCecil Sugden | 1 September 1960[93] | 28 December 1961[98] | |
General SirRichard Hull | 29 November 1961[94] | 29 November 1964[99] | |
General SirRichard Goodbody | 28 December 1961[98] | 29 June 1963[100] | |
General SirGerald Lathbury | 13 February 1962[95] | 25 February 1965[101] | |
General SirRoderick McLeod | 29 April 1963[97] | 30 January 1965[102] | |
General SirMichael West | 29 June 1963[100] | 21 September 1965[103] | |
General SirWilliam Stirling | 29 November 1964[99] | 30 June 1966[104] | |
General SirCharles Jones | 30 January 1965[102] | 9 January 1967[105] | |
General SirRodney Moore | 25 February 1965[101] | 18 October 1966[106] | |
General SirRobert Bray | 21 September 1965[103] | 21 September 1968[107] | |
General SirReginald Hewetson | 30 June 1966[104] | 27 November 1967[108] | |
General SirJohn Anderson | 18 October 1966[106] | 27 February 1968[109] | |
General SirCharles Richardson | 9 January 1967[105] | 9 January 1970[110] | |
General SirJohn Hackett | 27 November 1967[108] | 1 October 1968[111] | |
General SirGeoffrey Baker | 27 February 1968[109] | 31 March 1971[112] | Promoted to field marshal.[112] |
General SirAlan Jolly | 21 September 1968[107] | 27 October 1969[113] | |
General SirKenneth Darling | 1 October 1968[111] | 11 November 1969[114] | |
General SirCharles Harington | 27 October 1969[113] | 6 February 1971[115] | |
General SirMichael Carver | 11 November 1969[114] | 11 November 1972[116] | |
General SirDesmond Fitzpatrick | 9 January 1970[117] | 9 January 1973[118] | |
General SirJohn Mogg | 6 February 1971[115] | 6 February 1974[119] | |
General SirAntony Read | 31 March 1971[112] | 2 March 1974[120] | |
General SirVictor FitzGeorge-Balfour | 11 November 1972[116] | 21 November 1973[121] | |
General SirPeter Hunt | 9 January 1973[118] | 9 January 1976[122] | |
General SirBasil Eugster | 21 November 1973[121] | 29 April 1974[123] | |
General SirThomas Pearson | 6 February 1974[119] | 27 December 1974[124] | |
General SirCecil Blacker | 2 March 1974[120] | 25 June 1976[125] | |
General SirWilliam Jackson | 29 April 1974[123] | 29 April 1976[126] | |
General SirHarry Tuzo | 27 December 1974[124] | 27 December 1977[127] | |
General SirJohn Gibbon | 9 January 1976[122] | 27 May 1977[128] | |
General SirJohn Sharp | 29 April 1976[126] | 15 January 1977[129] † | |
General SirRoland Gibbs | 25 June 1976[125] | 25 June 1979[130] | |
General SirFrank King | 15 January 1977[129] | 27 December 1978[131] | |
General SirDavid Fraser | 27 May 1977[128] | 5 February 1980[132] | |
General SirJack Harman | 27 December 1977[127] | 27 December 1980[133] | |
General SirPatrick Howard-Dobson | 27 December 1978[131] | 24 April 1981[134] | |
General SirEdwin Bramall | 25 June 1979[130] | 31 July 1982[135] | Promoted to field marshal.[135] |
General SirRobert Ford | 5 February 1980[132] | 7 April 1981[136] | |
General SirWilliam Scotter | 27 December 1980[133] | 5 February 1981[137] † | |
General SirJohn Stanier | 6 April 1981[136] | 10 July 1985[138] | Promoted to field marshal.[138] |
General SirMichael Gow | 7 April 1981[136] | 7 April 1984[139] | |
General SirAnthony Farrar-Hockley | 24 April 1981[134] | 14 February 1983[140] | |
General SirGeorge Cooper | 31 July 1982[135] | 26 May 1984[141] | |
General SirFrank Kitson | 14 February 1983[140] | 27 July 1985[138] | |
General SirThomas Morony | 7 April 1984[142] | 11 November 1986[143] | |
General SirRoland Guy | 26 May 1984[141] | 7 February 1987[144] | |
General SirNigel Bagnall | 10 July 1985[138] | 9 September 1988[145] | Promoted to field marshal.[145] |
General SirEdward Burgess | 27 July 1985[138] | 2 October 1987[146] | |
General SirDavid Mostyn | 7 February 1987[144] | 10 February 1989[147] | |
General SirJohn Chapple | 2 October 1987[146] | 14 February 1992[148] | |
General SirCharles Huxtable | 9 September 1988[145] | 3 December 1990[149] | |
General SirRobert Pascoe | 10 February 1989[147] | 21 February 1991[150] | |
Lieutenant-General SirDavid Ramsbotham | 3 December 1990[149] | 13 July 1993[151] | |
General SirPeter Inge | 21 February 1991[150] | 21 April 1994[152] | Promoted to field marshal.[152] |
General SirJohn Waters | 14 February 1992[148] | 22 March 1995[153] | |
General SirCharles Guthrie | 13 July 1993[151] | 4 May 2001[154] | |
General SirJohn Wilsey | 21 April 1994[152] | 24 June 1996[155] | |
General SirMichael Rose | 9 September 1995[156] | 31 August 1997[157] | |
General SirRoger Wheeler | 6 December 1996[158] | 7 August 2000[159] | |
General SirJeremy Mackenzie | 17 March 1997[160] | 8 February 1999[161] | |
General SirMichael Walker | 1 September 1997[157] | 5 June 2006[162] | |
General SirAlexander Harley | 8 February 1999[161] | 7 August 2000[159] | |
General SirRupert Smith | 7 August 2000[159] | 1 November 2001[163] | |
General SirSamuel Cowan | 7 August 2000[159] | 18 November 2002[164] | |
General SirMike Jackson | 1 November 2001[163] | 14 November 2006[165] | |
General SirTimothy Granville-Chapman | 6 January 2003[166] | 29 October 2009[167] | |
General SirRichard Dannatt | 5 June 2006[162] | 1 September 2009[168] | |
General SirRedmond Watt | 8 January 2007[169] | 30 April 2008[170] | |
General SirDavid Richards | 12 June 2008[171] | 2 January 2014[172] | |
General SirNicholas Houghton | 1 October 2009[173] | 24 January 2017[172] | |
General SirPeter Wall | 30 October 2009[174] | 5 September 2014[175] | |
General SirNick Parker | 29 October 2010[176] | 25 May 2013[177] | |
General SirRichard Barrons | 19 April 2013[178] | 5 April 2016[179] | |
General SirNicholas Carter | 5 September 2014[175] | 1 December 2021[180] | |
General SirChristopher Deverell | 5 April 2016[179] | 10 May 2019[181] | |
General SirMark Carleton-Smith | 11 June 2018[182] | 13 June 2022[183] | |
General SirPatrick Sanders | 6 May 2019[184] | 16 June 2024[185] | |
General SirJames Hockenhull | 23 May 2022[183] | ||
General DameSharon Nesmith | 17 May 2024[186] | ||
General SirRoland Walker | 16 June 2024[187] |