Aide-de-camp general

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 . 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.

List of aides-de-camp general Name and rank Date of appointment Appointment ended Notes General Sir William Nicholson 1 July 1910 19 June 1911 Appointment vacated on promotion to field marshal. Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Paget 1 July 1910 1 July 1914 Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien 1 July 1910 1 July 1914 Major-General Spencer Ewart 1 July 1910 1 July 1914 General Sir John French 19 June 1911 18 February 1914 General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army 2 December 1911 17 January 1913 General Sir O'Moore Creagh, Indian Army 2 December 1911 8 March 1914 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Scallon 17 January 1913 29 October 1915 Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig 18 February 1914 1 January 1917 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Indian Army 8 March 1914 3 November 1917 Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson 1 July 1914 17 August 1914 † General Sir Charles Douglas 1 July 1914 25 October 1914 † General Sir Ian Hamilton 1 July 1914 1 July 1918 General Sir John Nixon, Indian Army 29 October 1915 3 November 1917 General Sir Herbert Plumer 15 January 1917 31 July 1919 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Archibald Hunter 15 January 1917 1 October 1920 General Sir William Robertson 15 January 1917 29 March 1920 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Arthur Barrett 3 November 1917 31 May 1920 General Sir William Birdwood 3 November 1917 21 June 1922 General Sir Charles Monro 1 July 1918 30 June 1922 General the Lord Rawlinson 31 July 1919 31 July 1923 General the Lord Horne 29 March 1920 29 March 1924 Lieutenant-General the Earl of Cavan 1 October 1920 26 April 1922 General Sir Claud Jacob 11 January 1921 31 May 1924 General Sir Francis Davies 26 April 1922 26 April 1926 General Sir Havelock Hudson 21 June 1922 14 February 1924 General Sir Thomas Morland 30 June 1922 21 May 1925 † General Sir George Milne 31 July 1923 31 July 1927 Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow 14 February 1924 14 February 1928 General Sir Walter Congreve 29 March 1924 28 February 1927 † Lieutenant-General Sir John Shea 31 May 1924 31 May 1928 General Sir Alexander Godley 22 May 1925 22 May 1929 General Sir John Du Cane 26 April 1926 26 April 1930 General Sir Walter Braithwaite 14 March 1927 1 March 1931 General Sir Philip Chetwode 31 July 1927 31 July 1931 Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Skeen 14 February 1928 26 April 1929 General Sir Alexander Cobbe, Indian Army 31 May 1928 29 June 1931 † General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Army 26 April 1929 9 June 1933 General Sir John Asser 22 May 1929 9 August 1930 General Sir Charles Harington 26 April 1930 26 April 1934 General Sir Robert Whigham 9 August 1930 1 March 1931 General Sir David Campbell 1 March 1931 1 March 1935 General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd 1 March 1931 1 March 1935 General Sir Norman MacMullen, Indian Army 29 June 1931 12 September 1935 General Sir William Thwaites 31 July 1931 1 October 1933 Extra A.D.C. General from 1 October 1933 until 31 July 1935. General Sir Kenneth Wigram, Indian Army 9 June 1933 6 June 1936 General Sir Percy Radcliffe 1 October 1933 9 February 1934 † General Sir Cyril Deverell 10 February 1934 15 May 1936 Promoted to field marshal. General the Honourable Sir John Gathorne-Hardy 26 April 1934 12 October 1937 General Sir Alexander Wardrop, Indian Army 1 March 1935 12 October 1937 General Sir John Burnett-Stuart 1 March 1935 26 April 1938 General Sir Walter Leslie, Indian Army 12 September 1935 1 May 1936 General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army 1 May 1936 1 April 1938 General Sir George Jeffreys 15 May 1936 17 August 1938 Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, Indian Army 6 June 1936 6 June 1940 General Sir Walter Kirke 12 October 1937 1 July 1940 General Sir Edmund Ironside 12 October 1937 20 July 1940 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Douglas Baird, Indian Army 1 April 1938 1 April 1940 General Sir William Bartholomew 26 April 1938 8 June 1940 General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter 17 August 1938 17 August 1941 General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army 1 April 1940 15 December 1941 General Sir Roger Wilson, Indian Army 6 June 1940 15 May 1941 General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson 8 June 1940 24 November 1941 General Sir John Dill 1 July 1940 18 November 1941 Promoted to field marshal. General the Viscount Gort 20 July 1940 20 July 1944 General Sir Claude Auchinleck 15 May 1941 1 June 1946 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Archibald Wavell 17 August 1941 18 October 1943 Appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India. General Sir Walter Venning 18 November 1941 11 September 1942 General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson 24 November 1941 29 December 1944 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Alan Hartley, Indian Army 15 December 1941 7 July 1944 General Sir Alan Brooke 11 September 1942 26 June 1946 General Sir George Giffard 18 October 1943 17 August 1946 General Mosley Mayne, Indian Army 7 July 1944 1 March 1947 General the Honourable Sir Harold Alexander 20 July 1944 5 April 1946 General Sir Bernard Paget 13 October 1944 14 October 1946 Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra). General Sir Richard O'Connor 5 April 1946 30 January 1948 General Sir Charles Loyd 26 June 1946 23 April 1947 General Sir Daril Watson 17 August 1946 19 August 1947 General Sir Miles Dempsey 14 October 1946 22 August 1947 General Sir Geoffry Scoones, Indian Army 1 March 1947 1 August 1949 General Sir Edwin Morris 23 April 1947 15 November 1948 General Sir Philip Christison 19 August 1947 27 June 1949 General Sir Montagu Stopford 22 August 1947 6 July 1949 General Sir John Crocker 30 January 1948 31 January 1951 General Harry Crerar, Canadian Army 23 July 1948 1953 General Sir Neil Ritchie 15 November 1948 30 August 1951 General Sir Brian Robertson 27 June 1949 27 June 1952 General Sir Evelyn Barker 6 July 1949 1950 General Sir James Steele 1950 21 October 1950 General Sir John Harding 21 October 1950 21 July 1953 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Frank Simpson 31 January 1951 31 January 1954 General Sir Gerald Templer 30 August 1951 30 August 1954 General Sir Ouvry Roberts 27 June 1952 26 June 1955 General Sir Charles Keightley 21 July 1953 20 July 1956 General Sir Richard Gale 31 January 1954 31 January 1957 General Sir Cameron Nicholson 30 August 1954 29 November 1956 General Sir George Erskine 26 June 1955 26 June 1958 General Sir Robert Mansergh 20 July 1956 13 February 1959 General Sir Charles Loewen 29 November 1956 14 August 1959 General Sir Nevil Brownjohn 31 January 1957 29 November 1958 General Sir Francis Festing 26 June 1958 1 September 1960 General Sir Dudley Ward 29 November 1958 29 November 1961 General Sir Hugh Stockwell 13 February 1959 13 February 1962 General Sir Geoffrey Bourne 14 August 1959 29 April 1960 General Sir James Cassels 29 April 1960 29 April 1963 General Sir Cecil Sugden 1 September 1960 28 December 1961 General Sir Richard Hull 29 November 1961 29 November 1964 General Sir Richard Goodbody 28 December 1961 29 June 1963 General Sir Gerald Lathbury 13 February 1962 25 February 1965 General Sir Roderick McLeod 29 April 1963 30 January 1965 General Sir Michael West 29 June 1963 21 September 1965 General Sir William Stirling 29 November 1964 30 June 1966 General Sir Charles Jones 30 January 1965 9 January 1967 General Sir Rodney Moore 25 February 1965 18 October 1966 General Sir Robert Bray 21 September 1965 21 September 1968 General Sir Reginald Hewetson 30 June 1966 27 November 1967 General Sir John Anderson 18 October 1966 27 February 1968 General Sir Charles Richardson 9 January 1967 9 January 1970 General Sir John Hackett 27 November 1967 1 October 1968 General Sir Geoffrey Baker 27 February 1968 31 March 1971 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Alan Jolly 21 September 1968 27 October 1969 General Sir Kenneth Darling 1 October 1968 11 November 1969 General Sir Charles Harington 27 October 1969 6 February 1971 General Sir Michael Carver 11 November 1969 11 November 1972 General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick 9 January 1970 9 January 1973 General Sir John Mogg 6 February 1971 6 February 1974 General Sir Antony Read 31 March 1971 2 March 1974 General Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour 11 November 1972 21 November 1973 General Sir Peter Hunt 9 January 1973 9 January 1976 General Sir Basil Eugster 21 November 1973 29 April 1974 General Sir Thomas Pearson 6 February 1974 27 December 1974 General Sir Cecil Blacker 2 March 1974 25 June 1976 General Sir William Jackson 29 April 1974 29 April 1976 General Sir Harry Tuzo 27 December 1974 27 December 1977 General Sir John Gibbon 9 January 1976 27 May 1977 General Sir John Sharp 29 April 1976 15 January 1977 † General Sir Roland Gibbs 25 June 1976 25 June 1979 General Sir Frank King 15 January 1977 27 December 1978 General Sir David Fraser 27 May 1977 5 February 1980 General Sir Jack Harman 27 December 1977 27 December 1980 General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson 27 December 1978 24 April 1981 General Sir Edwin Bramall 25 June 1979 31 July 1982 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Robert Ford 5 February 1980 7 April 1981 General Sir William Scotter 27 December 1980 5 February 1981 † General Sir John Stanier 6 April 1981 10 July 1985 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Michael Gow 7 April 1981 7 April 1984 General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley 24 April 1981 14 February 1983 General Sir George Cooper 31 July 1982 26 May 1984 General Sir Frank Kitson 14 February 1983 27 July 1985 General Sir Thomas Morony 7 April 1984 11 November 1986 General Sir Roland Guy 26 May 1984 7 February 1987 General Sir Nigel Bagnall 10 July 1985 9 September 1988 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir Edward Burgess 27 July 1985 2 October 1987 General Sir David Mostyn 7 February 1987 10 February 1989 General Sir John Chapple 2 October 1987 14 February 1992 General Sir Charles Huxtable 9 September 1988 3 December 1990 General Sir Robert Pascoe 10 February 1989 21 February 1991 Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham 3 December 1990 13 July 1993 General Sir Peter Inge 21 February 1991 21 April 1994 Promoted to field marshal. General Sir John Waters 14 February 1992 22 March 1995 General Sir Charles Guthrie 13 July 1993 4 May 2001 General Sir John Wilsey 21 April 1994 24 June 1996 General Sir Michael Rose 9 September 1995 31 August 1997 General Sir Roger Wheeler 6 December 1996 7 August 2000 General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie 17 March 1997 8 February 1999 General Sir Michael Walker 1 September 1997 5 June 2006 General Sir Alexander Harley 8 February 1999 7 August 2000 General Sir Rupert Smith 7 August 2000 1 November 2001 General Sir Samuel Cowan 7 August 2000 18 November 2002 General Sir Mike Jackson 1 November 2001 14 November 2006 General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman 6 January 2003 29 October 2009 General Sir Richard Dannatt 5 June 2006 1 September 2009 General Sir Redmond Watt 8 January 2007 30 April 2008 General Sir David Richards 12 June 2008 2 January 2014 General Sir Nicholas Houghton 1 October 2009 24 January 2017 General Sir Peter Wall 30 October 2009 5 September 2014 General Sir Nick Parker 29 October 2010 25 May 2013 General Sir Richard Barrons 19 April 2013 5 April 2016 General Sir Nicholas Carter 5 September 2014 1 December 2021 General Sir Christopher Deverell 5 April 2016 10 May 2019 General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith 11 June 2018 13 June 2022 General Sir Patrick Sanders 6 May 2019 16 June 2024 General Sir James Hockenhull 23 May 2022 3 March 2026 General Dame Sharon Nesmith 17 May 2024 General Sir Roland Walker 16 June 2024 † : Date of death.

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