Succession of Colonels 1758 - 1965
extracted from "The Succession of Colonels of the British Army From 1660 to the Present Day" by N. B. Leslie
68th REGIMENT OF FOOT
| Gen. |
John Lambton |
22 Apr 1758 |
| Maj-Gen. |
John Mansel |
26 Mar 1794 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Thomas Dundas |
30 Apr 1794 |
| F.M. |
Sir Alured Clarke, GCB |
6 Aug 1794 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Hon. Sir Charles Stuart, KB |
25 Oct 1794 |
| Gen. |
Sir Thomas Trigge, KB |
25 Mar 1795 |
| Gen. |
Sir John Cope Sherbrooke, GCB |
27 May 1809 |
| Gen. |
Sir Henry Warde, GCB |
1 Jan 1813 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir John Keane, 1st Lord Keane, GCB, GCH |
13 Apr 1831 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir William Johnston, KCB |
6 Apr 1838 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Edward Gibbs, KCB |
21 Feb 1844 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Charles Nicol, CB |
7 Dec 1844 |
| Lt-Gen. |
David Mercer Henderson, CB |
31 Jan 1850 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir William Lewis Herries, CB, KCH |
17 Apr 1854 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Robert Christopher Mansel, KH |
4 Jun 1857 |
| F.M. |
Lord William Paulet, GCB |
9 Apr 1864 |
106th REGIMENT OF FOOT
| Gen. |
Sir David Capon, KCB |
30 Sep 1862 |
| Gen. |
Maurice Barlow, CB |
18 Dec 1869 |
| Gen. |
Hon. Sir George Cadogan, KCB |
9 Aug 1870 |
| Gen. |
Sir William O'Grady Haly, KCB |
17 May 1874 |
| Gen. |
Sir John Jarvis Bisset, KCMG, CB |
12 Nov 1875 |
THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY
68th & 106th
| F.M. |
Lord William Paulet, GCB - 1st Bn. |
9 Apr 1864 |
| Gen. |
Sir John Jarvis Bissett, KCMG, CB - 2nd Bn. |
2 Nov 1875 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir William Augustus Fyers, KCB |
26 May 1894 |
| Gen. |
Eyre Challenor Henry Massey, 4th Lord Clarina, CB |
11 Nov 1895 |
| Gen. |
Sir Reginald Ramsay Gipps, GCB |
17 Dec 1897 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Russell Upcher, CB, DSO |
11 Sep 1908 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Sir Frederick Spencer Robb, KCB, KCMG, KCVO |
27 Jan 1923 |
| Gen. |
Sir Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle, KCB, KCMG, DSO |
22 Oct 1928 |
| Maj-Gen. |
Charles Camac Luard, CB, CMG |
7 Jul 1934 |
| Brig-Gen. |
Hubert Horatio Shirley Morant, DSO |
14 Sep 1937 |
| Col. |
Claude Leonard Matthews, DSO |
13 Apr 1940 |
| Brig. |
John Atherton Churchill, CBE, DSO, MC |
27 Aug 1947 |
| Lt-Gen. |
Sir Terence Sydney Airey, KCMG, CB, CBE |
10 Apr 1952 |
| Gen. |
Sir Joseph Howard Nigel Poett, KCB, DSO |
1 Jul 1956 |
| Maj-Gen. |
A H G Ricketts CB DSO |
1 Oct 1965 |
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