List of Royal Marines full generals

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This is a list of full generals in the Royal Marines. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the Royal Marines although no dedicated Royal Marines full general posts currently exist, unless they serve in tri-service positions. The Commandant General Royal Marines, a professional post created in 1943, is often –but not exclusively (not 1977 to 2022, see list) –held by a full general, including incumbents of a lower general officer rank promoted to general during their tenure in that post.

PromotedNameBornDiedNotes
1838 [1] James Meredyth 1841
1854 [2] Walter Tremenheere 17611855placed on the Retired List 1855 [3]
1855 [2] Edward Nicolls 17791865promoted while on the Retired List [3]
1855 [3] George Jones 1857
1855 [3] George Beatty 1857
1857 [4] Thomas Parke 17801858
1857 [5] Sir Charles Menzies 17831866
1858 John Rawlins Coryton 17911867
1862 Sir Samuel Ellis 17871865
1866 [6] Henry Ivatt Delacombe 17901878
1866 Fortescue Graham 17941880
1867 John Tatton Brown 17951880
1870 [7] Sir Anthony Stransham 18051900
1870 Alexander Anderson 18071877
1870 [8] Thomas Holloway 1875
1875 [9] John Gascoigne 1811 [10] 1893 [10]
1875 [11] Henry Carr Tate
1897 [12] Sir Howard Jones 18351912 [13] placed on the Retired List 1900 [14]
Frederick Gasper Le Grand 18371905placed on the Retired List 1901 [15]
1900 [14] Samuel James Graham
1901 [15] Ardley Henry Falwasser Barnes 18381910placed on the Retired List 1902 [16]
1902 [16] Edward Lee Rose 18421903
1912 [17] Sir William Thompson Adair 18501931 [18]
1912 [19] Henry Cecil Eagles (1855–1927)?
1914 [20] James Henry Bor 18571914 [21]
1914 [22] William Inglefield Eastman 18561941 [23]
1928 Sir Lewis Halliday 18701966Recipient of the Victoria Cross
1945 [24] Sir Thomas Hunton 18851970 Commandant General Royal Marines 1943–46
1948 Sir Dallas Brooks 18961966Commandant General Royal Marines 1946–49 (promoted while in the post),
19th Governor of Victoria 1949–63
1951 [24] Sir Leslie Hollis 18971963Commandant General Royal Marines 1949–52
Sir John Westall 19011986Commandant General Royal Marines 1952–55
Sir Campbell Hardy 19061984Commandant General Royal Marines 1955–59
1961 [25] Sir Ian Riches 19081996Commandant General Royal Marines 1959–62
1964 [26] Sir Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor 19111969Commandant General Royal Marines 1962–65
1967 [27] Sir Norman Tailyour 19141979Commandant General Royal Marines 1965–68
1970 [28] Sir Peter Hellings 19161990Commandant General Royal Marines 1968–71 (promoted while in the post)
1973 [29] Sir Ian Gourlay 19202013Commandant General Royal Marines 1971–75 (promoted while in the post)
1977 [30] Sir Peter Whiteley 19202016Commandant General Royal Marines 1975–77,
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe 1977–79
2016 [31] Sir Gordon Messenger 1962 Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff 2016–19,
Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom since 2021,
Constable of the Tower since 2022
2022 [32] Sir Gwyn Jenkins Commandant General Royal Marines since 2022,
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff 2022–24

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