The following list of colonel generals denotes those who have held the rank of colonel general in the respective military forces of their countries.

Mongolia Sonomyn Luvsangombo, colonel-general of the Mongolian Armed Forces Minister of Social Security of Mongolia (1982–1984)

England

Sir Arthur Aston, colonel-general of the Yorkshire Trained Bands (1640) Sir Thomas Baskerville, colonel-general of land forces accompanying Sir Francis Drake's expedition to the West Indies (1595–1596); colonel-general of English forces in Picardy (1596–1597) John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, Royalist colonel-general of Devon and Cornwall (1645–1646) Richard Bonython, colonel-general of the Saco Militia (1645–?) Sir Nicholas Byron, Royalist colonel-general of Cheshire (1643–1644) Charles Cavendish, Royalist colonel-general of Lincolnshire (1642–1643) Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, colonel-general of the London Foot (1601) Sir John Corbet, Parliamentarian colonel-general of Shropshire (1642) Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, colonel-general of the English Horse in the Netherlands (1586–1587) John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville of Staveley, Royalist Colonel-General of Derbyshire (1644–1645) Sir Thomas Glemham, Royalist colonel-general of Northumberland (1643–1646) Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough, Royalist colonel-general of the East Midlands (1643) Bussy Mansell, Royalist colonel-general of Wales (1645) Sir Charles Morgan, colonel-general of His Majesty's Forces in the service of the King of Denmark Sir John Norris, colonel-general of the Dutch Army in Friesland (1580–1583); colonel-general of the English Army in the Netherlands (1585–1586); colonel-general of the English Foot in the Netherlands (1586–1587) Sydenham Poyntz, Parliamentarian colonel-general of the Northern Association (1645–1647) Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, colonel-general of Foot (1599) Colonel-General Ruthin, Parliamentarian Governor of Plymouth Sir Thomas Scott, colonel-general of Kent, Spanish Armada campaign (1588) Sir William Vavasour, Royalist colonel-general of the Welsh Marches (1643–1644) Sir Francis Vere, colonel-general of English Foot in the Netherlands (?–1604) Sir Richard Willys, Royalist colonel-general of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland (1645)

Austria-Hungary

Germany

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