Aide-de-camp general is a senior honorary appointment for generals in the British Army. The recipient is appointed as an aide-de-camp general to the head of state, currently King Charles III. They are entitled to the post-nominals "ADC (Gen.)".
The Royal Air Force's equivalent appointment is air aide-de-camp, while the Royal Navy's is First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp.
Name and rank | Date of appointment | Appointment ended | Notes |
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General Sir William Nicholson | 1 July 1910 [1] | 19 June 1911 [2] | Appointment vacated on promotion to field marshal. [2] |
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Paget | 1 July 1910 [1] | 1 July 1914 [3] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien | 1 July 1910 [1] | 1 July 1914 [3] | |
Major-General Spencer Ewart | 1 July 1910 [1] | 1 July 1914 [3] | |
General Sir John French | 19 June 1911 [2] | 18 February 1914 [4] | |
General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army | 2 December 1911 [5] | 17 January 1913 [6] | |
General Sir O'Moore Creagh, Indian Army | 2 December 1911 [5] | 8 March 1914 [7] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Scallon | 17 January 1913 [6] | 29 October 1915 [8] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig | 18 February 1914 [4] | 1 January 1917 | Promoted to field marshal. [9] |
General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Indian Army | 8 March 1914 [7] | 3 November 1917 [10] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson | 1 July 1914 [3] | 17 August 1914 † | |
General Sir Charles Douglas | 1 July 1914 [3] | 25 October 1914 † | |
General Sir Ian Hamilton | 1 July 1914 [3] | 1 July 1918 [11] | |
General Sir John Nixon, Indian Army | 29 October 1915 [8] | 3 November 1917 [10] | |
General Sir Herbert Plumer | 15 January 1917 [12] | 31 July 1919 [13] | Promoted to field marshal. [13] |
General Sir Archibald Hunter | 15 January 1917 [12] | 1 October 1920 [14] | |
General Sir William Robertson | 15 January 1917 [12] | 29 March 1920 [15] | Promoted to field marshal. [15] |
General Sir Arthur Barrett | 3 November 1917 [10] | 31 May 1920 [16] | |
General Sir William Birdwood | 3 November 1917 [10] | 21 June 1922 [17] | |
General Sir Charles Monro | 1 July 1918 [11] | 30 June 1922 [18] | |
General the Lord Rawlinson | 31 July 1919 [13] | 31 July 1923 [19] | |
General the Lord Horne | 29 March 1920 [15] | 29 March 1924 [20] | |
Lieutenant-General the Earl of Cavan | 1 October 1920 [14] | 26 April 1922 [21] | |
General Sir Claud Jacob | 11 January 1921 [16] | 31 May 1924 [22] | |
General Sir Francis Davies | 26 April 1922 [21] | 26 April 1926 [23] | |
General Sir Havelock Hudson | 21 June 1922 [17] | 14 February 1924 [24] | |
General Sir Thomas Morland | 30 June 1922 [18] | 21 May 1925 [25] † | |
General Sir George Milne | 31 July 1923 [19] | 31 July 1927 [26] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow | 14 February 1924 [24] | 14 February 1928 [27] | |
General Sir Walter Congreve | 29 March 1924 [20] | 28 February 1927 [28] † | |
Lieutenant-General Sir John Shea | 31 May 1924 [22] | 31 May 1928 [29] | |
General Sir Alexander Godley | 22 May 1925 [25] | 22 May 1929 [30] | |
General Sir John Du Cane | 26 April 1926 [23] | 26 April 1930 [31] | |
General Sir Walter Braithwaite | 14 March 1927 [28] | 1 March 1931 [32] | |
General Sir Philip Chetwode | 31 July 1927 [26] | 31 July 1931 [33] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Skeen | 14 February 1928 [27] | 26 April 1929 [34] | |
General Sir Alexander Cobbe, Indian Army | 31 May 1928 [29] | 29 June 1931 [35] † | |
General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Army | 26 April 1929 [34] | 9 June 1933 [36] | |
General Sir John Asser | 22 May 1929 [30] | 9 August 1930 [37] | |
General Sir Charles Harington | 26 April 1930 [31] | 26 April 1934 [38] | |
General Sir Robert Whigham | 9 August 1930 [37] | 1 March 1931 [32] | |
General Sir David Campbell | 1 March 1931 [32] | 1 March 1935 [39] | |
General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd | 1 March 1931 [32] | 1 March 1935 [39] | |
General Sir Norman MacMullen, Indian Army | 29 June 1931 [35] | 12 September 1935 [40] | |
General Sir William 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 Sir Kenneth Wigram, Indian Army | 9 June 1933 [36] | 6 June 1936 [43] | |
General Sir Percy Radcliffe | 1 October 1933 [41] | 9 February 1934 [44] † | |
General Sir Cyril Deverell | 10 February 1934 [44] | 15 May 1936 [45] | Promoted to field marshal. [45] |
General the Honourable Sir John Gathorne-Hardy | 26 April 1934 [38] | 12 October 1937 [46] | |
General Sir Alexander Wardrop, Indian Army | 1 March 1935 [39] | 12 October 1937 [46] | |
General Sir John Burnett-Stuart | 1 March 1935 [39] | 26 April 1938 [47] | |
General Sir Walter Leslie, Indian Army | 12 September 1935 [40] | 1 May 1936 [48] | |
General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army | 1 May 1936 [48] | 1 April 1938 [49] | |
General Sir George Jeffreys | 15 May 1936 [45] | 17 August 1938 [50] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, Indian Army | 6 June 1936 [43] | 6 June 1940 [51] | |
General Sir Walter Kirke | 12 October 1937 [46] | 1 July 1940 [52] | |
General Sir Edmund Ironside | 12 October 1937 [46] | 20 July 1940 [52] | Promoted to field marshal. [52] |
General Sir Douglas Baird, Indian Army | 1 April 1938 [49] | 1 April 1940 [53] | |
General Sir William Bartholomew | 26 April 1938 [47] | 8 June 1940 [52] | |
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter | 17 August 1938 [50] | 17 August 1941 [54] | |
General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army | 1 April 1940 [53] | 15 December 1941 [55] | |
General Sir Roger Wilson, Indian Army | 6 June 1940 [51] | 15 May 1941 [56] | |
General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson | 8 June 1940 [52] | 24 November 1941 [57] | |
General Sir John Dill | 1 July 1940 [52] | 18 November 1941 [57] | Promoted to field marshal. [57] |
General the Viscount Gort | 20 July 1940 [52] | 20 July 1944 [58] | |
General Sir Claude Auchinleck | 15 May 1941 [56] | 1 June 1946 | Promoted to field marshal. [59] |
General Sir Archibald Wavell | 17 August 1941 [54] | 18 October 1943 [60] | Appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India. [60] |
General Sir Walter Venning | 18 November 1941 [57] | 11 September 1942 [61] | |
General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson | 24 November 1941 [57] | 29 December 1944 | Promoted to field marshal. [62] |
General Sir Alan Hartley, Indian Army | 15 December 1941 [55] | 7 July 1944 [63] | |
General Sir Alan Brooke | 11 September 1942 [61] | 26 June 1946 [64] | |
General Sir George Giffard | 18 October 1943 [60] | 17 August 1946 [65] | |
General Mosley Mayne, Indian Army | 7 July 1944 [63] | 1 March 1947 [66] | |
General the Honourable Sir Harold Alexander | 20 July 1944 [58] | 5 April 1946 [64] | |
General Sir Bernard Paget | 13 October 1944 [67] | 14 October 1946 [68] | Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra). [67] |
General Sir Richard O'Connor | 5 April 1946 [64] | 30 January 1948 [69] | |
General Sir Charles Loyd | 26 June 1946 [64] | 23 April 1947 [70] | |
General Sir Daril Watson | 17 August 1946 [65] | 19 August 1947 [71] | |
General Sir Miles Dempsey | 14 October 1946 [68] | 22 August 1947 [72] | |
General Sir Geoffry Scoones, Indian Army | 1 March 1947 [66] | 1 August 1949 [73] | |
General Sir Edwin Morris | 23 April 1947 [70] | 15 November 1948 [74] | |
General Sir Philip Christison | 19 August 1947 [71] | 27 June 1949 [75] | |
General Sir Montagu Stopford | 22 August 1947 [72] | 6 July 1949 [76] | |
General Sir John Crocker | 30 January 1948 [69] | 31 January 1951 [77] | |
General Harry Crerar, Canadian Army | 23 July 1948 [78] | c.1953 | |
General Sir Neil Ritchie | 15 November 1948 [74] | 30 August 1951 [79] | |
General Sir Brian Robertson | 27 June 1949 [76] | 27 June 1952 [80] | |
General Sir Evelyn Barker | 6 July 1949 [76] | c.1950 | |
General Sir James Steele | c.1950 | 21 October 1950 [81] | |
General Sir John Harding | 21 October 1950 [81] | 21 July 1953 [82] | Promoted to field marshal. [82] |
General Sir Frank Simpson | 31 January 1951 [77] | 31 January 1954 [83] | |
General Sir Gerald Templer | 30 August 1951 [79] | 30 August 1954 [84] | |
General Sir Ouvry Roberts | 27 June 1952 [80] | 26 June 1955 [85] | |
General Sir Charles Keightley | 21 July 1953 [82] | 20 July 1956 [86] | |
General Sir Richard Gale | 31 January 1954 [83] | 31 January 1957 [87] | |
General Sir Cameron Nicholson | 30 August 1954 [84] | 29 November 1956 [88] | |
General Sir George Erskine | 26 June 1955 [85] | 26 June 1958 [89] | |
General Sir Robert Mansergh | 20 July 1956 [86] | 13 February 1959 [90] | |
General Sir Charles Loewen | 29 November 1956 [88] | 14 August 1959 [91] | |
General Sir Nevil Brownjohn | 31 January 1957 [87] | 29 November 1958 [92] | |
General Sir Francis Festing | 26 June 1958 [89] | 1 September 1960 [93] | |
General Sir Dudley Ward | 29 November 1958 [92] | 29 November 1961 [94] | |
General Sir Hugh Stockwell | 13 February 1959 [90] | 13 February 1962 [95] | |
General Sir Geoffrey Bourne | 14 August 1959 [91] | 29 April 1960 [96] | |
General Sir James Cassels | 29 April 1960 [96] | 29 April 1963 [97] | |
General Sir Cecil Sugden | 1 September 1960 [93] | 28 December 1961 [98] | |
General Sir Richard Hull | 29 November 1961 [94] | 29 November 1964 [99] | |
General Sir Richard Goodbody | 28 December 1961 [98] | 29 June 1963 [100] | |
General Sir Gerald Lathbury | 13 February 1962 [95] | 25 February 1965 [101] | |
General Sir Roderick McLeod | 29 April 1963 [97] | 30 January 1965 [102] | |
General Sir Michael West | 29 June 1963 [100] | 21 September 1965 [103] | |
General Sir William Stirling | 29 November 1964 [99] | 30 June 1966 [104] | |
General Sir Charles Jones | 30 January 1965 [102] | 9 January 1967 [105] | |
General Sir Rodney Moore | 25 February 1965 [101] | 18 October 1966 [106] | |
General Sir Robert Bray | 21 September 1965 [103] | 21 September 1968 [107] | |
General Sir Reginald Hewetson | 30 June 1966 [104] | 27 November 1967 [108] | |
General Sir John Anderson | 18 October 1966 [106] | 27 February 1968 [109] | |
General Sir Charles Richardson | 9 January 1967 [105] | 9 January 1970 [110] | |
General Sir John Hackett | 27 November 1967 [108] | 1 October 1968 [111] | |
General Sir Geoffrey Baker | 27 February 1968 [109] | 31 March 1971 [112] | Promoted to field marshal. [112] |
General Sir Alan Jolly | 21 September 1968 [107] | 27 October 1969 [113] | |
General Sir Kenneth Darling | 1 October 1968 [111] | 11 November 1969 [114] | |
General Sir Charles Harington | 27 October 1969 [113] | 6 February 1971 [115] | |
General Sir Michael Carver | 11 November 1969 [114] | 11 November 1972 [116] | |
General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick | 9 January 1970 [117] | 9 January 1973 [118] | |
General Sir John Mogg | 6 February 1971 [115] | 6 February 1974 [119] | |
General Sir Antony Read | 31 March 1971 [112] | 2 March 1974 [120] | |
General Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour | 11 November 1972 [116] | 21 November 1973 [121] | |
General Sir Peter Hunt | 9 January 1973 [118] | 9 January 1976 [122] | |
General Sir Basil Eugster | 21 November 1973 [121] | 29 April 1974 [123] | |
General Sir Thomas Pearson | 6 February 1974 [119] | 27 December 1974 [124] | |
General Sir Cecil Blacker | 2 March 1974 [120] | 25 June 1976 [125] | |
General Sir William Jackson | 29 April 1974 [123] | 29 April 1976 [126] | |
General Sir Harry Tuzo | 27 December 1974 [124] | 27 December 1977 [127] | |
General Sir John Gibbon | 9 January 1976 [122] | 27 May 1977 [128] | |
General Sir John Sharp | 29 April 1976 [126] | 15 January 1977 [129] † | |
General Sir Roland Gibbs | 25 June 1976 [125] | 25 June 1979 [130] | |
General Sir Frank King | 15 January 1977 [129] | 27 December 1978 [131] | |
General Sir David Fraser | 27 May 1977 [128] | 5 February 1980 [132] | |
General Sir Jack Harman | 27 December 1977 [127] | 27 December 1980 [133] | |
General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson | 27 December 1978 [131] | 24 April 1981 [134] | |
General Sir Edwin Bramall | 25 June 1979 [130] | 31 July 1982 [135] | Promoted to field marshal. [135] |
General Sir Robert Ford | 5 February 1980 [132] | 7 April 1981 [136] | |
General Sir William Scotter | 27 December 1980 [133] | 5 February 1981 [137] † | |
General Sir John Stanier | 6 April 1981 [136] | 10 July 1985 [138] | Promoted to field marshal. [138] |
General Sir Michael Gow | 7 April 1981 [136] | 7 April 1984 [139] | |
General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley | 24 April 1981 [134] | 14 February 1983 [140] | |
General Sir George Cooper | 31 July 1982 [135] | 26 May 1984 [141] | |
General Sir Frank Kitson | 14 February 1983 [140] | 27 July 1985 [138] | |
General Sir Thomas Morony | 7 April 1984 [142] | 11 November 1986 [143] | |
General Sir Roland Guy | 26 May 1984 [141] | 7 February 1987 [144] | |
General Sir Nigel Bagnall | 10 July 1985 [138] | 9 September 1988 [145] | Promoted to field marshal. [145] |
General Sir Edward Burgess | 27 July 1985 [138] | 2 October 1987 [146] | |
General Sir David Mostyn | 7 February 1987 [144] | 10 February 1989 [147] | |
General Sir John Chapple | 2 October 1987 [146] | 14 February 1992 [148] | |
General Sir Charles Huxtable | 9 September 1988 [145] | 3 December 1990 [149] | |
General Sir Robert Pascoe | 10 February 1989 [147] | 21 February 1991 [150] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham | 3 December 1990 [149] | 13 July 1993 [151] | |
General Sir Peter Inge | 21 February 1991 [150] | 21 April 1994 [152] | Promoted to field marshal. [152] |
General Sir John Waters | 14 February 1992 [148] | 22 March 1995 [153] | |
General Sir Charles Guthrie | 13 July 1993 [151] | 4 May 2001 [154] | |
General Sir John Wilsey | 21 April 1994 [152] | 24 June 1996 [155] | |
General Sir Michael Rose | 9 September 1995 [156] | 31 August 1997 [157] | |
General Sir Roger Wheeler | 6 December 1996 [158] | 7 August 2000 [159] | |
General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie | 17 March 1997 [160] | 8 February 1999 [161] | |
General Sir Michael Walker | 1 September 1997 [157] | 5 June 2006 [162] | |
General Sir Alexander Harley | 8 February 1999 [161] | 7 August 2000 [159] | |
General Sir Rupert Smith | 7 August 2000 [159] | 1 November 2001 [163] | |
General Sir Samuel Cowan | 7 August 2000 [159] | 18 November 2002 [164] | |
General Sir Mike Jackson | 1 November 2001 [163] | 14 November 2006 [165] | |
General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman | 6 January 2003 [166] | 29 October 2009 [167] | |
General Sir Richard Dannatt | 5 June 2006 [162] | 1 September 2009 [168] | |
General Sir Redmond Watt | 8 January 2007 [169] | 30 April 2008 [170] | |
General Sir David Richards | 12 June 2008 [171] | 2 January 2014 [172] | |
General Sir Nicholas Houghton | 1 October 2009 [173] | 24 January 2017 [172] | |
General Sir Peter Wall | 30 October 2009 [174] | 5 September 2014 [175] | |
General Sir Nick Parker | 29 October 2010 [176] | 25 May 2013 [177] | |
General Sir Richard Barrons | 19 April 2013 [178] | 5 April 2016 [179] | |
General Sir Nicholas Carter | 5 September 2014 [175] | 1 December 2021 [180] | |
General Sir Christopher Deverell | 5 April 2016 [179] | 10 May 2019 [181] | |
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith | 11 June 2018 [182] | 13 June 2022 [183] | |
General Sir Patrick Sanders | 6 May 2019 [184] | 16 June 2024 [185] | |
General Sir James Hockenhull | 23 May 2022 [183] | ||
General Dame Sharon Nesmith | 17 May 2024 [186] | ||
General Sir Roland Walker | 16 June 2024 [187] | ||