Major-General commanding the Household Division

The Major-General commanding the Household Division commands the Household Division of the British Army. He is also General Officer Commanding London District.

Recent Commanders

The holders of this office include:^[1]^[2]

List of Majors-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officers Commanding Home District (1870-1906)

Major-General Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar KP GCB GCH GCVO 1870-1876 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Frederick Stephenson GCB 1876-1879 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir George Higginson GCB GCVO 1879-1884 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Reginald Gipps GCB 1884-1889 late Scots Guards
Major-General Philip Smith CB 1889-1892 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General The Lord Methuen GCB GCMG GCVO 1892-1897 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir Henry Trotter GCVO 1897-1903 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Laurence Oliphant, KCVO 1903-1906 late Grenadier Guards

List of Majors-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officers Commanding London District (1906-1950)

Major-General Sir Frederick Stopford, KCVO CB 1906-1909 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Alfred Codrington, GCVO KCB 1909-1913 late Grenadier Guards
Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Lloyd GCVO KCB DSO 1913-1918 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Geoffrey Feilding KCB KCVO CMG DSO 1918-1920 late Coldstream Guards
Major-General Sir George Jeffreys KCVO CB CMG 1920-1924 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Lord Ruthven of Freeland, CB CMG DSO 1924-1928 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir Charles Corkran, KCVO CB CMG 1928-1932 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Albemarle Cator, CB DSO April - November 1932 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir Charles Grant, KCB KCVO DSO 1932-1934 late Coldstream Guards
Major-General Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke, KCB KCVO CMG DSO 1934-1938 late Grenadier Guards
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Thorne, KCB CMG DSO 1938-1939 late Grenadier Guards
Lieutenant-General Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke, KCB KCVO CMG DSO 1939-1942 late Grenadier Guards
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Smith, KCB KBE DSO MC 1942-1944 late Coldstream Guards
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Loyd, GCVO KCB DSO MC 1944-1947 late Coldstream Guards
Major-General Sir John Marriott, KCVO CB DSO MC 1947-1950 late Scots Guards

List of Majors-General Commanding the Household Brigade and General Officers Commanding London District (1950-1968)

Major-General Sir Julian Gascoigne, KCMG KCVO CB DSO 1950-1953 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir George Johnson, KCVO CB CBE DSO 1953-1957 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir Rodney Moore, GCVO KCB CBE DSO 1957-1959 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir George Burns, GCVO CB DSO OBE MC 1959-1962 late Coldstream Guards
Major-General Sir John Nelson, KCVO CB DSO OBE MC 1962-1965 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Basil Eugster, KCB KCVO CBE DSO MC 1965-1968 late Irish Guards

List of Majors-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officers Commanding London District (1968-)

Major-General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, GCVO CB CBE MC 1968-1971 late Life Guards
Major-General Sir James Bowes-Lyon, GCVO CB OBE MC 1971-1973 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Philip Ward, KCVO CBE 1973-1976 late Welsh Guards
Major-General Sir John Swinton, KCVO OBE 1976-1979 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir Desmond Langley, KCVO MBE 1979-1983 late The Life Guards
Major-General Sir James Eyre, KCVO CBE 1983-1986 late Royal Horse Guards
Major-General Sir Christopher Airy, KCVO CBE 1986-1989 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir Simon Cooper, GCVO 1989-1991 late Life Guards
Major-General Sir Robert Corbett, KCVO CB 1991-1994 late Irish Guards
Major-General Sir Iain Mackay-Dick, KCVO MBE 1994-1997 late Scots Guards
Major-General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, KCVO OBE 1997-2000 late Grenadier Guards
Major-General Sir Redmond Watt, KCB KCVO CBE 2000-2003 late Welsh Guards
Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts, KCVO OBE 2003-2007 late Irish Guards
Major-General Sir William Cubitt, KCVO CBE 2007-2011 late Irish Guards 1998-2011 (commissioned into Coldstream Guards, 1977-98)
Major-General Sir George Norton KCVO CBE 2011-2013 late Grenadier Guards^[3]
Major-General Edward Smyth-Osbourne CBE 2013-Present late Life Guards^[4]