This is a list of people who have held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other British military force since the Acts of Union 1707.

See also :Category:British generals – note that a "Brigadier" is not classed as a "general" in the British Army, despite being a NATO 1-star equivalent rank. Prior to the mid to late-1990s, British ranks used a hyphen.

Hence, in the lists below: 1* = Brigadier-general/Brigadier 2* = Major-general (prior to 1990s)/Major general (mid-1990s onwards) 3* = Lieutenant-general (prior to 1990s)/Lieutenant general (mid-1990s onwards) 4* = General 5* = Field marshal

(dates after the name are birth and death)

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Major-General Henry Richard Abadie (1841–1915), General Officer Commanding (GOC). Major-General Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott (1814–1915), Indian Army General Sir James Abbott (1807–1896), Indian Army Brigadier Burton Edward Abbott (1906–1968), 13th Frontier Force, Indian Army Brigadier Leonard Henry Abbott (1875–1949), Deputy Assistant (DA) & Quartermaster General (QMG) Brigadier-General Anthony Abdy (1856–1924), DA & QMG Brigadier Sir Alexander Abel Smith (1904–1980) General James Abercrombie (1706–1781), Commander-in-Chief, North America Lieutenant-General Sir John Abercromby (1772–1817), Commander-in Chief, Bombay Army and Madras Army Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801), Commander-in-Chief, Ireland General Sir Robert Abercromby (1740–1827), Commander-in-Chief, India Lieutenant-General William Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger (1826–1892) Major-General Kevin David Abraham (1960— ), Director General of Army Reform, late Royal Regiment of Artillery Major-General Matt Abraham (1919–2001), Director of Combat Development Major-General Sir William Abraham (1897–1980), Controller General of Military Economy, India Major-General Sir John Acland (1928–2006), GOC South West District Brigadier Peter Acland (1902–1993) Lieutenant-General Sir Wroth Palmer Acland (1770–1816) Major-General Sir Allan Adair (1897–1988), GOC Guards Armoured Division and Guards Division General Sir Charles Adair (1822–1897), Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines General Sir William Adair (1850–1931), Deputy Adjutant General Royal Marines General Sir Frederick Adam (1781–1853) Brigadier-General Frederick John Stuart Adam (1837–1920), Indian Staff Corps Lieutenant-General Alexander Adams (c. 1772–1834) Lieutenant-General Cadwallader Adams CB (1826–1893) Major-General Henry William Adams CB (1805–1854) 18th (Royal Irish) & 49th Infantry Major-General Sir John Worthington Adams (1764–1837), Indian Army Major-General Sir Robert Adams (1856–1928), Indian Army Brigadier-General Thomas Adams (c. 1730–1764), Commander-in-Chief, India, posthumously promoted Major-General George Henry Addison (1876–1964), Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Engineers Brigadier Leonard Addison (1902–1975), Indian Army Brigadier William Michael Rutherford Addison (1935–2000) Brigadier Alleyne John Addy (1917–1994), Royal Pioneer CorpsSUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3RD JUNE 1972 General James Whorwood Adeane (1740–1802) Brigadier-General Rodolph Adlercron (1873–1966), GOC Infantry Brigade and Calais Base Major-General Sir John Adye (1857–1930) Brigadier John Frederick Adye (1900–1977), Royal Artillery, 4th Indian Infantry Division General Sir John Miller Adye (1819–1900), Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Brigadier Monowar Khan Afridi (1900–1968), Indian Medical Service Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet (1689–1771) Brigadier-General James Agnew (1719–1777) Major-General Donal Maurice Ahern (1911–1966), deputy director of Medical Services, Eastern CommandDonal Maurice Ahern Brigadier David Francis Aikenhead (1895–1955), Royal Artillery Brigadier-General Henry Sandys Ainsley (1869–1948), GOC 18th Brigade, 6th Division General George Ainslie (died 1804), Colonel of the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot Major-General Sir Ralph Ainsworth (1875–1952), Director of Medical Services, Joint War Organization Brigadier William Aird-Smith (1893–1942), Indian Army General Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey (1803–1881), Adjutant-General to the Forces Brigadier Rowland Montagu Airey (1884— ), Army Service Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Terence Airey (1900–1983), Commander British Forces in Hong Kong Major-General Sir Christopher Airy (1934–2005), GOC London District General Sir John Aitchison (1779–1875), Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards Brigadier Alastair Aitken, CO 77th Brigade Brigadier-General Arthur Aitken (1861–1924), Temporary Major-General Brigadier Robert Aitken (1955—)Brigadier Robert Aitken CBE Brigadier William Henry Hutton Aitken (1898–1978), Royal Engineers Major-General John Aldam Aizlewood (1895–1990), GOC 42nd Armoured Division General Sir John Akehurst (1930–2007), Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Major-General William Philip Jopp Akerman (1888–1972), Director of Staff Duties (Artillery), Army Headquarters India Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963), Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1941–1946) Major-General Clifton Edward Rawdon Grant Alban (1889–1964), Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the King General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724–1772), Colonel of the 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons General George Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (1799–1891) Lieutenant-General Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1702–1754) Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson (1859–1927), GOC Canadian Corps Brigadier Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington (1914–2000), King's Royal Rifle Corps Brigadier James Robert Travers Aldous (1898–1985), Royal Engineers Brigadier-General Charles Henry Alexander (1856–1946), Commander, Royal Artillery Major-General David Alexander (1926–2017), Royal Marines Major-General Ernest Alexander (1870–1934), General Office Commanding, Royal Artillery Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), Supreme Allied Commander Allied Force Headquarters Major-General Henry Lethbridge Alexander (1878–1944), DA & QMG Major-General Henry Templer Alexander (1927–2014), Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana) General Sir James Edward Alexander (1803–1885) Major-General John Oswald Claud Alexander (1936— ), Commander, Communications, British Army of the Rhine Major-General Paul Donald Alexander (1934–2018), Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals Major-General David Alexander-Sinclair (1927–2014), GOC 1st Division Major-General Frederick John Alfieri (1826–1907), Director of Supplies & Transport, Army Headquarters India General Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (1826–1907), GOC Aldershot Command Brigadier-General Percy Stuart Allan (1875— ), GOC 155th Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division, TF Brigadier-General Walter Allason (1875–1960), GOC 52nd Infantry Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division Brigadier-General Alfred James Whitacre Allen (1857–1939), GOC 74th Brigade, 25th Division Brigadier Algernon Anderson Johnston Allen (1893–1970), Sherwood Foresters Brigadier Basil George Allen (1893–1970) Brigadier Frederick Joshua Allen (1897–1954), Royal Corps of Signals Brigadier Douglas Kenneth Allen (1921–2007), Director, Ordnance Services, I Corps (United Kingdom) Brigadier John Frederick Whitacre Allen (1890–1976), The Buffs Major-General John Geoffrey Robyn Allen (1923–2010), Royal Armoured Corps Brigadier John Robert Allen (1893–1971), Royal Army Service Corps Brigadier Norman Charles Allen,Military Provost Staff Corps Corps of Military Police Major-General Robert Hall Allen (1886–1981), GOC 5th, 8th Anti-Aircraft Division Brigadier Ronald Lewis Allen (1916–1986), Royal Army Ordnance Corps Major-General William Maurice Allen, Director of Transport and MovementsPrevious Directors & Secretaries Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861–1936), GOC Egyptian Expeditionary Force Brigadier-General Sir Arthur John Allen-Williams (1869–1949), Royal EngineersSir Arthur John Allen-Williams (1869–1949), Brigadier-General Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Allfrey (1895–1964), GOC V Corps during the Italian campaign Brigadier-General William Henry Loraine Allgood (1868–1957), GOC 45th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division Brigadier George Frederick Allison (1888–1946), Royal Army Medical Corps Brigadier William Wigram Allison (1895–1984), CO 307th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) Brigadier Edward Allman-Smith (1886–1969), deputy director of Medical Services in British Palestine and Trans-Jordan Brigadier George Frederick Hill Alms (1895–1973), Royal Engineers Brigadier Francis Allan Littlejohns Alstead (1935–2024), CO, 51st (Scottish) BrigadeBRIGADIER FRANCIS ALLAN LITTLEJOHNS ALSTEAD CBE DL MPhil Llewellyn Alston (1890–1968), Royal Welch Fusiliers Major-General Sir Charles Alten (1764–1840), Led Wellington's 3rd Division during the Hundred Days Major-General Robert Guy Eardley Yerburgh, 2nd Baron Alvingham (1926–2020), Director of Army Quartering Brigadier Robert Denis Ambrose (1896–1974), Inspector-General of Frontier Corps Field Marshal Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces Lieutenant-General William Amherst (1732–1781), Adjutant-General to the Forces Major General Darrell Amison (1968— ), Director, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre Major-General Leon Williamson Amps (1892–1989), Director of Works, War Office Brigadier Serena Anand (1975– ) Major-General Sir Thomas Anburey (1759–1849), Bengal EngineersWill of Sir Thomas Anburey, Major General in the East India Company's Service General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1714–1778) General Alexander Anderson (1807–1877), Royal Marine Light Infantry Major-General Alexander Vass Anderson (1895–1963), Director of Civil Affairs at the War Office Major-General Alistair Andrew Gibson Anderson, Signal Officer-in-ChiefSUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14th JUNE 1980 Brigadier Andrew Anderson (1890–1999), CO 11th Indian Infantry Brigade (North African campaign); POW in Colditz Brigadier Austin Thomas Anderson (1868–1949), CRA; commanded the 48th (South Midland) Division's artillery in 1920–24 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Alexander Anderson (1857–1940), GOC Corps General David Anderson (1821–1909), governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Lieutenant-General Sir Desmond Anderson (1885–1967), Commanded III and then II Corps Brigadier Sir Duncan Anderson KBE TD* CEng FICE MIStructE (1901–1980), chairman of the materials committee of the Allied economics board Brigadier Sir Gilmour Anderson (1914–1977), CO of the 16th Infantry Brigade Lieutenant-General Sir Hastings Anderson (1872–1930), Quartermaster-General to the Forces General Sir John Anderson (1908–1988), Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff and Military Secretary Major-General Sir John Evelyn Anderson (1916–2007), Royal Corps of Signals Officer-in-Chief General Sir Kenneth Anderson (1891–1959), Commander of the British First Army Brigadier Dame Mary Anderson (1916–2006), Director of the Women's Royal Army Corps Major-General Nelson Graham Anderson (1875–1945), DA & QMG Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Anderson (1907–1979), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Ireland Command Brigadier Robert Charles Beckett Anderson (1895–1982), Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Brigadier-General Stuart Milligan Anderson (1879–1954), CRA Brigadier William Anderson (1886–1949), Royal Army Medical Corps Brigadier Reginald Wood Andrews (1897–1978), Royal Regiment of Artillery Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), Master-General of the Ordnance Brigadier Tom Hardy Angus (1889–1984), Director of Air, Army Headquarters India Brigadier Seymour Willoughby Anketell-Jones (1898–1972), deputy director of Ordnance Services India