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
editName and rank | Date of appointment | Appointment ended | Notes |
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General Sir William Nicholson | 1 July 1910[1] | 19 June 1911[2] | Appointment vacated on promotion to field marshal.[2] |
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Paget | 1 July 1910[1] | 1 July 1914[3] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien | 1 July 1910[1] | 1 July 1914[3] | |
Major-General Spencer Ewart | 1 July 1910[1] | 1 July 1914[3] | |
General Sir John French | 19 June 1911[2] | 18 February 1914[4] | |
General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army | 2 December 1911[5] | 17 January 1913[6] | |
General Sir O'Moore Creagh, Indian Army | 2 December 1911[5] | 8 March 1914[7] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Scallon | 17 January 1913[6] | 29 October 1915[8] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig | 18 February 1914[4] | 1 January 1917 | Promoted to field marshal.[9] |
General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Indian Army | 8 March 1914[7] | 3 November 1917[10] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson | 1 July 1914[3] | 17 August 1914 † | |
General Sir Charles Douglas | 1 July 1914[3] | 25 October 1914 † | |
General Sir Ian Hamilton | 1 July 1914[3] | 1 July 1918[11] | |
General Sir John Nixon, Indian Army | 29 October 1915[8] | 3 November 1917[10] | |
General Sir Herbert Plumer | 15 January 1917[12] | 31 July 1919[13] | Promoted to field marshal.[13] |
General Sir Archibald Hunter | 15 January 1917[12] | 1 October 1920[14] | |
General Sir William Robertson | 15 January 1917[12] | 29 March 1920[15] | Promoted to field marshal.[15] |
General Sir Arthur Barrett | 3 November 1917[10] | 31 May 1920[16] | |
General Sir William Birdwood | 3 November 1917[10] | 21 June 1922[17] | |
General Sir Charles Monro, Bt. | 1 July 1918[11] | 30 June 1922[18] | |
General the Lord Rawlinson | 31 July 1919[13] | 31 July 1923[19] | |
General the Lord Horne | 29 March 1920[15] | 29 March 1924[20] | |
Lieutenant-General the Earl of Cavan | 1 October 1920[14] | 26 April 1922[21] | |
General Sir Claud Jacob | 11 January 1921[16] | 31 May 1924[22] | |
General Sir Francis Davies | 26 April 1922[21] | 26 April 1926[23] | |
General Sir Havelock Hudson | 21 June 1922[17] | 14 February 1924[24] | |
General Sir Thomas Morland | 30 June 1922[18] | 21 May 1925[25] † | |
General Sir George Milne | 31 July 1923[19] | 31 July 1927[26] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow | 14 February 1924[24] | 14 February 1928[27] | |
General Sir Walter Congreve | 29 March 1924[20] | 28 February 1927[28] † | |
Lieutenant-General Sir John Shea | 31 May 1924[22] | 31 May 1928[29] | |
General Sir Alexander Godley | 22 May 1925[25] | 22 May 1929[30] | |
General Sir John Du Cane | 26 April 1926[23] | 26 April 1930[31] | |
General Sir Walter Braithwaite | 14 March 1927[28] | 1 March 1931[32] | |
General Sir Philip Chetwode, Bt. | 31 July 1927[26] | 31 July 1931[33] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Skeen | 14 February 1928[27] | 26 April 1929[34] | |
General Sir Alexander Cobbe, Indian Army | 31 May 1928[29] | 29 June 1931[35] † | |
General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Army | 26 April 1929[34] | 9 June 1933[36] | |
General Sir John Asser | 22 May 1929[30] | 9 August 1930[37] | |
General Sir Charles Harington | 26 April 1930[31] | 26 April 1934[38] | |
General Sir Robert Whigham | 9 August 1930[37] | 1 March 1931[32] | |
General Sir David Campbell | 1 March 1931[32] | 1 March 1935[39] | |
General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd | 1 March 1931[32] | 1 March 1935[39] | |
General Sir Norman MacMullen, Indian Army | 29 June 1931[35] | 12 September 1935[40] | |
General Sir William Thwaites | 31 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 Army | 9 June 1933[36] | 6 June 1936[43] | |
General Sir Percy Radcliffe | 1 October 1933[41] | 9 February 1934[44] † | |
General Sir Cyril Deverell | 10 February 1934[44] | 15 May 1936[45] | Promoted to field marshal.[45] |
General the Honourable Sir John Gathorne-Hardy | 26 April 1934[38] | 12 October 1937[46] | |
General Sir Alexander Wardrop, Indian Army | 1 March 1935[39] | 12 October 1937[46] | |
General Sir John Burnett-Stuart | 1 March 1935[39] | 26 April 1938[47] | |
General Sir Walter Leslie, Indian Army | 12 September 1935[40] | 1 May 1936[48] | |
General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Indian Army | 1 May 1936[48] | 1 April 1938[49] | |
General Sir George Jeffreys | 15 May 1936[45] | 17 August 1938[50] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, Indian Army | 6 June 1936[43] | 6 June 1940[51] | |
General Sir Walter Kirke | 12 October 1937[46] | 1 July 1940[52] | |
General Sir Edmund Ironside | 12 October 1937[46] | 20 July 1940[52] | Promoted to field marshal.[52] |
General Sir Douglas Baird, Indian Army | 1 April 1938[49] | 1 April 1940[53] | |
General Sir William Bartholomew | 26 April 1938[47] | 8 June 1940[52] | |
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter | 17 August 1938[50] | 17 August 1941[54] | |
General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army | 1 April 1940[53] | 15 December 1941[55] | |
General Sir Roger Wilson, Indian Army | 6 June 1940[51] | 15 May 1941[56] | |
General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson | 8 June 1940[52] | 24 November 1941[57] | |
General Sir John Dill | 1 July 1940[52] | 18 November 1941[57] | Promoted to field marshal.[57] |
General the Viscount Gort | 20 July 1940[52] | 20 July 1944[58] | |
General Sir Claude Auchinleck | 15 May 1941[56] | 1 June 1946 | Promoted to field marshal.[59] |
General Sir Archibald Wavell | 17 August 1941[54] | 18 October 1943[60] | Appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India.[60] |
General Sir Walter Venning | 18 November 1941[57] | 11 September 1942[61] | |
General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson | 24 November 1941[57] | 29 December 1944 | Promoted to field marshal.[62] |
General Sir Alan Hartley, Indian Army | 15 December 1941[55] | 7 July 1944[63] | |
General Sir Alan Brooke | 11 September 1942[61] | 26 June 1946[64] | |
General Sir George Giffard | 18 October 1943[60] | 17 August 1946[65] | |
General Mosley Mayne, Indian Army | 7 July 1944[63] | 1 March 1947[66] | |
General the Honourable Sir Harold Alexander | 20 July 1944[58] | 5 April 1946[64] | |
General Sir Bernard Paget | 13 October 1944[67] | 14 October 1946[68] | Appointed aide-de-camp general (extra).[67] |
General Sir Richard O'Connor | 5 April 1946[64] | 30 January 1948[69] | |
General Sir Charles Loyd | 26 June 1946[64] | 23 April 1947[70] | |
General Sir Daril Watson | 17 August 1946[65] | 19 August 1947[71] | |
General Sir Miles Dempsey | 14 October 1946[68] | 22 August 1947[72] | |
General Sir Geoffry Scoones, Indian Army | 1 March 1947[66] | 1 August 1949[73] | |
General Sir Edwin Morris | 23 April 1947[70] | 15 November 1948[74] | |
General Sir Philip Christison, Bt. | 19 August 1947[71] | 27 June 1949[75] | |
General Sir Montagu Stopford | 22 August 1947[72] | 6 July 1949[76] | |
General Sir John Crocker | 30 January 1948[69] | 31 January 1951[77] | |
General Harry Crerar, Canadian Army | 23 July 1948[78] | c.1953 | |
General Sir Neil Ritchie | 15 November 1948[74] | 30 August 1951[79] | |
General Sir Brian Robertson | 27 June 1949[76] | 27 June 1952[80] | |
General Sir Evelyn Barker | 6 July 1949[76] | c.1950 | |
General Sir James Steele | c.1950 | 21 October 1950[81] | |
General Sir John Harding | 21 October 1950[81] | 21 July 1953[82] | Promoted to field marshal.[82] |
General Sir Frank Simpson | 31 January 1951[77] | 31 January 1954[83] | |
General Sir Gerald Templer | 30 August 1951[79] | 30 August 1954[84] | |
General Sir Ouvry Roberts | 27 June 1952[80] | 26 June 1955[85] | |
General Sir Charles Keightley | 21 July 1953[82] | 20 July 1956[86] | |
General Sir Richard Gale | 31 January 1954[83] | 31 January 1957[87] | |
General Sir Cameron Nicholson | 30 August 1954[84] | 29 November 1956[88] | |
General Sir George Erskine | 26 June 1955[85] | 26 June 1958[89] | |
General Sir Robert Mansergh | 20 July 1956[86] | 13 February 1959[90] | |
General Sir Charles Loewen | 29 November 1956[88] | 14 August 1959[91] | |
General Sir Nevil Brownjohn | 31 January 1957[87] | 29 November 1958[92] | |
General Sir Francis Festing | 26 June 1958[89] | 1 September 1960[93] | |
General Sir Dudley Ward | 29 November 1958[92] | 29 November 1961[94] | |
General Sir Hugh Stockwell | 13 February 1959[90] | 13 February 1962[95] | |
General Sir Geoffrey Bourne | 14 August 1959[91] | 29 April 1960[96] | |
General Sir James Cassels | 29 April 1960[96] | 29 April 1963[97] | |
General Sir Cecil Sugden | 1 September 1960[93] | 28 December 1961[98] | |
General Sir Richard Hull | 29 November 1961[94] | 29 November 1964[99] | |
General Sir Richard Goodbody | 28 December 1961[98] | 29 June 1963[100] | |
General Sir Gerald Lathbury | 13 February 1962[95] | 25 February 1965[101] | |
General Sir Roderick McLeod | 29 April 1963[97] | 30 January 1965[102] | |
General Sir Michael West | 29 June 1963[100] | 21 September 1965[103] | |
General Sir William Stirling | 29 November 1964[99] | 30 June 1966[104] | |
General Sir Charles Jones | 30 January 1965[102] | 9 January 1967[105] | |
General Sir Rodney Moore | 25 February 1965[101] | 18 October 1966[106] | |
General Sir Robert Bray | 21 September 1965[103] | 21 September 1968[107] | |
General Sir Reginald Hewetson | 30 June 1966[104] | 27 November 1967[108] | |
General Sir John Anderson | 18 October 1966[106] | 27 February 1968[109] | |
General Sir Charles Richardson | 9 January 1967[105] | 9 January 1970[110] | |
General Sir John Hackett | 27 November 1967[108] | 1 October 1968[111] | |
General Sir Geoffrey Baker | 27 February 1968[109] | 31 March 1971[112] | Promoted to field marshal.[112] |
General Sir Alan Jolly | 21 September 1968[107] | 27 October 1969[113] | |
General Sir Kenneth Darling | 1 October 1968[111] | 11 November 1969[114] | |
General Sir Charles Harington | 27 October 1969[113] | 6 February 1971[115] | |
General Sir Michael Carver | 11 November 1969[114] | 11 November 1972[116] | |
General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick | 9 January 1970[117] | 9 January 1973[118] | |
General Sir John Mogg | 6 February 1971[115] | 6 February 1974[119] | |
General Sir Antony Read | 31 March 1971[112] | 2 March 1974[120] | |
General Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour | 11 November 1972[116] | 21 November 1973[121] | |
General Sir Peter Hunt | 9 January 1973[118] | 9 January 1976[122] | |
General Sir Basil Eugster | 21 November 1973[121] | 29 April 1974[123] | |
General Sir Thomas Pearson | 6 February 1974[119] | 27 December 1974[124] | |
General Sir Cecil Blacker | 2 March 1974[120] | 25 June 1976[125] | |
General Sir William Jackson | 29 April 1974[123] | 29 April 1976[126] | |
General Sir Harry Tuzo | 27 December 1974[124] | 27 December 1977[127] | |
General Sir John Gibbon | 9 January 1976[122] | 27 May 1977[128] | |
General Sir John Sharp | 29 April 1976[126] | 15 January 1977[129] † | |
General Sir Roland Gibbs | 25 June 1976[125] | 25 June 1979[130] | |
General Sir Frank King | 15 January 1977[129] | 27 December 1978[131] | |
General Sir David Fraser | 27 May 1977[128] | 5 February 1980[132] | |
General Sir Jack Harman | 27 December 1977[127] | 27 December 1980[133] | |
General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson | 27 December 1978[131] | 24 April 1981[134] | |
General Sir Edwin Bramall | 25 June 1979[130] | 31 July 1982[135] | Promoted to field marshal.[135] |
General Sir Robert Ford | 5 February 1980[132] | 7 April 1981[136] | |
General Sir William Scotter | 27 December 1980[133] | 5 February 1981[137] † | |
General Sir John Stanier | 6 April 1981[136] | 10 July 1985[138] | Promoted to field marshal.[138] |
General Sir Michael Gow | 7 April 1981[136] | 7 April 1984[139] | |
General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley | 24 April 1981[134] | 14 February 1983[140] | |
General Sir George Cooper | 31 July 1982[135] | 26 May 1984[141] | |
General Sir Frank Kitson | 14 February 1983[140] | 27 July 1985[138] | |
General Sir Thomas Morony | 7 April 1984[142] | 11 November 1986[143] | |
General Sir Roland Guy | 26 May 1984[141] | 7 February 1987[144] | |
General Sir Nigel Bagnall | 10 July 1985[138] | 9 September 1988[145] | Promoted to field marshal.[145] |
General Sir Edward Burgess | 27 July 1985[138] | 2 October 1987[146] | |
General Sir David Mostyn | 7 February 1987[144] | 10 February 1989[147] | |
General Sir John Chapple | 2 October 1987[146] | 14 February 1992[148] | |
General Sir Charles Huxtable | 9 September 1988[145] | 3 December 1990[149] | |
General Sir Robert Pascoe | 10 February 1989[147] | 21 February 1991[150] | |
Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham | 3 December 1990[149] | 13 July 1993[151] | |
General Sir Peter Inge | 21 February 1991[150] | 21 April 1994[152] | Promoted to field marshal.[152] |
General Sir John Waters | 14 February 1992[148] | 22 March 1995[153] | |
General Sir Charles Guthrie | 13 July 1993[151] | 4 May 2001[154] | |
General Sir John Wilsey | 21 April 1994[152] | 24 June 1996[155] | |
General Sir Michael Rose | 9 September 1995[156] | 31 August 1997[157] | |
General Sir Roger Wheeler | 6 December 1996[158] | 7 August 2000[159] | |
General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie | 17 March 1997[160] | 8 February 1999[161] | |
General Sir Michael Walker | 1 September 1997[157] | 5 June 2006[162] | |
General Sir Alexander Harley | 8 February 1999[161] | 7 August 2000[159] | |
General Sir Rupert Smith | 7 August 2000[159] | 1 November 2001[163] | |
General Sir Samuel Cowan | 7 August 2000[159] | 18 November 2002[164] | |
General Sir Mike Jackson | 1 November 2001[163] | 14 November 2006[165] | |
General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman | 6 January 2003[166] | 29 October 2009[167] | |
General Sir Richard Dannatt | 5 June 2006[162] | 1 September 2009[168] | |
General Sir Redmond Watt | 8 January 2007[169] | 30 April 2008[170] | |
General Sir David Richards | 12 June 2008[171] | 2 January 2014[172] | |
General Sir Nicholas Houghton | 1 October 2009[173] | 24 January 2017[172] | |
General Sir Peter Wall | 30 October 2009[174] | 5 September 2014[175] | |
General Sir Nick Parker | 29 October 2010[176] | 25 May 2013[177] | |
General Sir Richard Barrons | 19 April 2013[178] | 5 April 2016[179] | |
General Sir Nicholas Carter | 5 September 2014[175] | 1 December 2021[180] | |
General Sir Christopher Deverell | 5 April 2016[179] | 10 May 2019[181] | |
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith | 11 June 2018[182] | 13 June 2022[183] | |
General Sir Patrick Sanders | 6 May 2019[184] | ||
General Sir James Hockenhull | 23 May 2022[183] | ||
General Dame Sharon Nesmith | 17 May 2024[185] | First female ADC Gen |
- † : Date of death.
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