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Aide-de-camp general

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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 King Charles III. 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 rankDate of appointmentAppointment endedNotes
General Sir William Nicholson1 July 1910[1]19 June 1911[2]Appointment vacated on promotion to field marshal.[2]
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Paget1 July 1910[1]1 July 1914[3]
Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien1 July 1910[1]1 July 1914[3]
Major-General Spencer Ewart1 July 1910[1]1 July 1914[3]
General Sir John French19 June 1911[2]18 February 1914[4]
General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army2 December 1911[5]17 January 1913[6]
General Sir O'Moore Creagh, Indian Army2 December 1911[5]8 March 1914[7]
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Scallon17 January 1913[6]29 October 1915[8]
Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig18 February 1914[4]1 January 1917Promoted to field marshal.[9]
General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Indian Army8 March 1914[7]3 November 1917[10]
Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson1 July 1914[3]17 August 1914 †
General Sir Charles Douglas1 July 1914[3]25 October 1914 †
General Sir Ian Hamilton1 July 1914[3]1 July 1918[11]
General Sir John Nixon, Indian Army29 October 1915[8]3 November 1917[10]
General Sir Herbert Plumer15 January 1917[12]31 July 1919[13]Promoted to field marshal.[13]
General Sir Archibald Hunter15 January 1917[12]1 October 1920[14]
General Sir William Robertson15 January 1917[12]29 March 1920[15]Promoted to field marshal.[15]
General Sir Arthur Barrett3 November 1917[10]31 May 1920[16]
General Sir William Birdwood3 November 1917[10]21 June 1922[17]
General Sir Charles Monro, Bt.1 July 1918[11]30 June 1922[18]
General the Lord Rawlinson31 July 1919[13]31 July 1923[19]
General the Lord Horne29 March 1920[15]29 March 1924[20]
Lieutenant-General the Earl of Cavan1 October 1920[14]26 April 1922[21]
General Sir Claud Jacob11 January 1921[16]31 May 1924[22]
General Sir Francis Davies26 April 1922[21]26 April 1926[23]
General Sir Havelock Hudson21 June 1922[17]14 February 1924[24]
General Sir Thomas Morland30 June 1922[18]21 May 1925[25] †
General Sir George Milne31 July 1923[19]31 July 1927[26]
Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow14 February 1924[24]14 February 1928[27]
General Sir Walter Congreve29 March 1924[20]28 February 1927[28] †
Lieutenant-General Sir John Shea31 May 1924[22]31 May 1928[29]
General Sir Alexander Godley22 May 1925[25]22 May 1929[30]
General Sir John Du Cane26 April 1926[23]26 April 1930[31]
General Sir Walter Braithwaite14 March 1927[28]1 March 1931[32]
General Sir Philip Chetwode, Bt.31 July 1927[26]31 July 1931[33]
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Skeen14 February 1928[27]26 April 1929[34]
General Sir Alexander Cobbe, Indian Army31 May 1928[29]29 June 1931[35] †
General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Army26 April 1929[34]9 June 1933[36]
General Sir John Asser22 May 1929[30]9 August 1930[37]
General Sir Charles Harington26 April 1930[31]26 April 1934[38]
General Sir Robert Whigham9 August 1930[37]1 March 1931[32]
General Sir David Campbell1 March 1931[32]1 March 1935[39]
General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd1 March 1931[32]1 March 1935[39]
General Sir Norman MacMullen, Indian Army29 June 1931[35]12 September 1935[40]
General Sir William Thwaites31 July 1931[33]1 October 1933[41]Extra A.D.C. General from 1 October 1933[41] until 31 July 1935.[42]
General Sir Kenneth Wigram, Indian Army9 June 1933[36]6 June 1936[43]
General Sir Percy Radcliffe1 October 1933[41]9 February 1934[44] †
General Sir Cyril Deverell10 February 1934[44]15 May 1936[45]Promoted to field marshal.[45]
General the Honourable Sir John Gathorne-Hardy26 April 1934[38]12 October 1937[46]
General Sir Alexander Wardrop, Indian Army1 March 1935[39]12 October 1937[46]
General Sir John Burnett-Stuart1 March 1935[39]26 April 1938[47]
General Sir Walter Leslie, Indian Army12 September 1935[40]1 May 1936[48]
General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army1 May 1936[48]1 April 1938[49]
General Sir George Jeffreys15 May 1936[45]17 August 1938[50]
Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, Indian Army6 June 1936[43]6 June 1940[51]
General Sir Walter Kirke12 October 1937[46]1 July 1940[52]
General Sir Edmund Ironside12 October 1937[46]20 July 1940[52]Promoted to field marshal.[52]
General Sir Douglas Baird, Indian Army1 April 1938[49]1 April 1940[53]
General Sir William Bartholomew26 April 1938[47]8 June 1940[52]
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter17 August 1938[50]17 August 1941[54]
General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army1 April 1940[53]15 December 1941[55]
General Sir Roger Wilson, Indian Army6 June 1940[51]15 May 1941[56]
General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson8 June 1940[52]24 November 1941[57]
General Sir John Dill1 July 1940[52]18 November 1941[57]Promoted to field marshal.[57]
General the Viscount Gort20 July 1940[52]20 July 1944[58]
General Sir Claude Auchinleck15 May 1941[56]1 June 1946Promoted to field marshal.[59]
General Sir Archibald Wavell17 August 1941[54]18 October 1943[60]Appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India.[60]
General Sir Walter Venning18 November 1941[57]11 September 1942[61]
General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson24 November 1941[57]29 December 1944Promoted to field marshal.[62]
General Sir Alan Hartley, Indian Army15 December 1941[55]7 July 1944[63]
General Sir Alan Brooke11 September 1942[61]26 June 1946[64]
General Sir George Giffard18 October 1943[60]17 August 1946[65]
General Mosley Mayne, Indian Army7 July 1944[63]1 March 1947[66]
General the Honourable Sir Harold Alexander20 July 1944[58]5 April 1946[64]
General Sir Bernard Paget13 October 1944[67]14 October 1946[68]Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra).[67]
General Sir Richard O'Connor5 April 1946[64]30 January 1948[69]
General Sir Charles Loyd26 June 1946[64]23 April 1947[70]
General Sir Daril Watson17 August 1946[65]19 August 1947[71]
General Sir Miles Dempsey14 October 1946[68]22 August 1947[72]
General Sir Geoffry Scoones, Indian Army1 March 1947[66]1 August 1949[73]
General Sir Edwin Morris23 April 1947[70]15 November 1948[74]
General Sir Philip Christison, Bt.19 August 1947[71]27 June 1949[75]
General Sir Montagu Stopford22 August 1947[72]6 July 1949[76]
General Sir John Crocker30 January 1948[69]31 January 1951[77]
General Harry Crerar, Canadian Army23 July 1948[78]c.1953
General Sir Neil Ritchie15 November 1948[74]30 August 1951[79]
General Sir Brian Robertson27 June 1949[76]27 June 1952[80]
General Sir Evelyn Barker6 July 1949[76]c.1950
General Sir James Steelec.195021 October 1950[81]
General Sir John Harding21 October 1950[81]21 July 1953[82]Promoted to field marshal.[82]
General Sir Frank Simpson31 January 1951[77]31 January 1954[83]
General Sir Gerald Templer30 August 1951[79]30 August 1954[84]
General Sir Ouvry Roberts27 June 1952[80]26 June 1955[85]
General Sir Charles Keightley21 July 1953[82]20 July 1956[86]
General Sir Richard Gale31 January 1954[83]31 January 1957[87]
General Sir Cameron Nicholson30 August 1954[84]29 November 1956[88]
General Sir George Erskine26 June 1955[85]26 June 1958[89]
General Sir Robert Mansergh20 July 1956[86]13 February 1959[90]
General Sir Charles Loewen29 November 1956[88]14 August 1959[91]
General Sir Nevil Brownjohn31 January 1957[87]29 November 1958[92]
General Sir Francis Festing26 June 1958[89]1 September 1960[93]
General Sir Dudley Ward29 November 1958[92]29 November 1961[94]
General Sir Hugh Stockwell13 February 1959[90]13 February 1962[95]
General Sir Geoffrey Bourne14 August 1959[91]29 April 1960[96]
General Sir James Cassels29 April 1960[96]29 April 1963[97]
General Sir Cecil Sugden1 September 1960[93]28 December 1961[98]
General Sir Richard Hull29 November 1961[94]29 November 1964[99]
General Sir Richard Goodbody28 December 1961[98]29 June 1963[100]
General Sir Gerald Lathbury13 February 1962[95]25 February 1965[101]
General Sir Roderick McLeod29 April 1963[97]30 January 1965[102]
General Sir Michael West29 June 1963[100]21 September 1965[103]
General Sir William Stirling29 November 1964[99]30 June 1966[104]
General Sir Charles Jones30 January 1965[102]9 January 1967[105]
General Sir Rodney Moore25 February 1965[101]18 October 1966[106]
General Sir Robert Bray21 September 1965[103]21 September 1968[107]
General Sir Reginald Hewetson30 June 1966[104]27 November 1967[108]
General Sir John Anderson18 October 1966[106]27 February 1968[109]
General Sir Charles Richardson9 January 1967[105]9 January 1970[110]
General Sir John Hackett27 November 1967[108]1 October 1968[111]
General Sir Geoffrey Baker27 February 1968[109]31 March 1971[112]Promoted to field marshal.[112]
General Sir Alan Jolly21 September 1968[107]27 October 1969[113]
General Sir Kenneth Darling1 October 1968[111]11 November 1969[114]
General Sir Charles Harington27 October 1969[113]6 February 1971[115]
General Sir Michael Carver11 November 1969[114]11 November 1972[116]
General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick9 January 1970[117]9 January 1973[118]
General Sir John Mogg6 February 1971[115]6 February 1974[119]
General Sir Antony Read31 March 1971[112]2 March 1974[120]
General Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour11 November 1972[116]21 November 1973[121]
General Sir Peter Hunt9 January 1973[118]9 January 1976[122]
General Sir Basil Eugster21 November 1973[121]29 April 1974[123]
General Sir Thomas Pearson6 February 1974[119]27 December 1974[124]
General Sir Cecil Blacker2 March 1974[120]25 June 1976[125]
General Sir William Jackson29 April 1974[123]29 April 1976[126]
General Sir Harry Tuzo27 December 1974[124]27 December 1977[127]
General Sir John Gibbon9 January 1976[122]27 May 1977[128]
General Sir John Sharp29 April 1976[126]15 January 1977[129] †
General Sir Roland Gibbs25 June 1976[125]25 June 1979[130]
General Sir Frank King15 January 1977[129]27 December 1978[131]
General Sir David Fraser27 May 1977[128]5 February 1980[132]
General Sir Jack Harman27 December 1977[127]27 December 1980[133]
General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson27 December 1978[131]24 April 1981[134]
General Sir Edwin Bramall25 June 1979[130]31 July 1982[135]Promoted to field marshal.[135]
General Sir Robert Ford5 February 1980[132]7 April 1981[136]
General Sir William Scotter27 December 1980[133]5 February 1981[137] †
General Sir John Stanier6 April 1981[136]10 July 1985[138]Promoted to field marshal.[138]
General Sir Michael Gow7 April 1981[136]7 April 1984[139]
General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley24 April 1981[134]14 February 1983[140]
General Sir George Cooper31 July 1982[135]26 May 1984[141]
General Sir Frank Kitson14 February 1983[140]27 July 1985[138]
General Sir Thomas Morony7 April 1984[142]11 November 1986[143]
General Sir Roland Guy26 May 1984[141]7 February 1987[144]
General Sir Nigel Bagnall10 July 1985[138]9 September 1988[145]Promoted to field marshal.[145]
General Sir Edward Burgess27 July 1985[138]2 October 1987[146]
General Sir David Mostyn7 February 1987[144]10 February 1989[147]
General Sir John Chapple2 October 1987[146]14 February 1992[148]
General Sir Charles Huxtable9 September 1988[145]3 December 1990[149]
General Sir Robert Pascoe10 February 1989[147]21 February 1991[150]
Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham3 December 1990[149]13 July 1993[151]
General Sir Peter Inge21 February 1991[150]21 April 1994[152]Promoted to field marshal.[152]
General Sir John Waters14 February 1992[148]22 March 1995[153]
General Sir Charles Guthrie13 July 1993[151]4 May 2001[154]
General Sir John Wilsey21 April 1994[152]24 June 1996[155]
General Sir Michael Rose9 September 1995[156]31 August 1997[157]
General Sir Roger Wheeler6 December 1996[158]7 August 2000[159]
General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie17 March 1997[160]8 February 1999[161]
General Sir Michael Walker1 September 1997[157]5 June 2006[162]
General Sir Alexander Harley8 February 1999[161]7 August 2000[159]
General Sir Rupert Smith7 August 2000[159]1 November 2001[163]
General Sir Samuel Cowan7 August 2000[159]18 November 2002[164]
General Sir Mike Jackson1 November 2001[163]14 November 2006[165]
General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman6 January 2003[166]29 October 2009[167]
General Sir Richard Dannatt5 June 2006[162]1 September 2009[168]
General Sir Redmond Watt8 January 2007[169]30 April 2008[170]
General Sir David Richards12 June 2008[171]2 January 2014[172]
General Sir Nicholas Houghton1 October 2009[173]24 January 2017[172]
General Sir Peter Wall30 October 2009[174]5 September 2014[175]
General Sir Nick Parker29 October 2010[176]25 May 2013[177]
General Sir Richard Barrons19 April 2013[178]5 April 2016[179]
General Sir Nicholas Carter5 September 2014[175]1 December 2021[180]
General Sir Christopher Deverell5 April 2016[179]10 May 2019[181]
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith11 June 2018[182]13 June 2022[183]
General Sir Patrick Sanders6 May 2019[184]
General Sir James Hockenhull23 May 2022[183]
General Dame Sharon Nesmith17 May 2024[185]First female ADC Gen
† : Date of death.

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