Major-General commanding the Household Division

The Major-General commanding the Household Division commands the troops of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is also General Officer Commanding London District.

Recent Commanders

The holders of this office include:

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

• Major-General Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 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 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 Henry 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, KCVO 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 George Norton CBE 2011- late Grenadier Guards