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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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