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Regimental History

Colonels of the King's Own Royal Regiment

1680 Charles Earl of Plymouth
1680 Hon Piercy Kirke
1682 Colonel Charles Trelawny
1688 Colonel Sir Charles Orby
1688 Major General Charles Trelawny (reinstated)
1692 Brigadier General Henry Trelawny
1702 Lieutenant General William Seymour
1717 Colonel The Hon Henry Berkeley
1719 The Hon Charles Cadogan
1734 Lieutenant General William Barrell
1749 Colonel Robert Rich
1756 Lieutenant General Alexander Duroure
1765 Colonel The Hon Robert Brudenell
1768 General Studholme Hodgson
1782 Major General Sir John Burgoyne
1792 General George Morrison
1799 General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham KG
1835 General John Hodgson
1846 General Sir Thomas Bradford GCB GCH
1853 General Sir John Bell KCB
1876 General Studholme John Hodgson
1890 General William Sankey
1892 General William Wilby CB
1894 General Sir William Gordon Cameron KCB VD
1913 General
Sir Archibald Hunter GCB GCVO DSO LLD TD
1926 Lieutenant General Sir Oswald C Borrett KCB CMG CBE DSO
1945 Major General Russell M Luckcock CB CMG DSO
1947 Brigadier John H Hardy CBE MC
1957-1959 Major General Richard N Anderson CB CBE DSO

 

Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time.  Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions.  An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.

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