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List Of British Army Full Generals
This is a list of full generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or ''full general'' to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the British Army. It ranks above lieutenant-general and below field marshal which is now only awarded as an honorary rank. The annotation "Held rank in the East Indies." indicates that the officer served in India in the East India Company's army. __NOTOC__ :''This list is incomplete after 1876; you can help by expanding it.'' See also *List of British generals and brigadiers (covers all ranks from brigadier (and brigadier-general) to field marshal) *List of Royal Marines full generals (the equivalent ranked officers in the Royal Marines) *List of field marshals of the British Army *List of Royal Air Force air chief marshals (the equivalent ranked officers in the RAF) *List of Royal Navy admirals (the equivalent ranked officers in the RN) ...
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The British ...
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General Of The Cavalry
General of the Cavalry (german: General der Kavallerie) was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model. Artillery officers of equivalent rank were called "General of the Artillery" ('' General der Artillerie''), and infantry officers of equivalent rank " General of the Infantry" (''General der Infanterie''). For more details see: * General of the Cavalry (Austria) for the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire, Imperial Army of the Austrian Empire, and Imperial Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire *General of the Cavalry (Finland) for the Finnish Defence Forces of the Republic of Finland. * General of the Cavalry (Germany) for the German Imperial Army, the interwar '' Reichswehr'', and the '' Wehrmacht'' *General of the Cavalry (Russia) for the Russian Imperial Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́� ...
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John Mordaunt (British Army Officer)
General Sir John Mordaunt (1697 – 23 October 1780) was a British soldier and Whig politician, the son of Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt and Margaret Spencer. He was best known for his command of the Raid on Rochefort which ended in failure and his subsequent court-martial. Cleared on a technicality, he was nonetheless barred from holding further military command. Early career Mordaunt entered the army in 1721 and was promoted captain in George Wade's Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1726. He became a lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Foot Guards in 1731. He entered Parliament for Pontefract in 1730, for which he sat until 1734, and was then member for Whitchurch 1735–1741 and Cockermouth 1741–1768. In Parliament he was a steadfast Whig and supporter of Robert Walpole. In 1739 he became a founding governor of the Foundling Hospital. On 18 December 1742 Mordaunt was promoted to the rank of full colonel of the Royal Regiment of Ireland, which was sent in 1744 to pro ...
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James St Clair
General The Hon. James St Clair (1688 – 30 November 1762) was a Scottish soldier and Whig politician. Background St Clair was the second son of Henry St Clair, 10th Lord Sinclair and his wife Grizel Cockburn, daughter of Sir James Cockburn, 1st Baronet. As a child he received a commission into the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Foot. Military career St Clair became an ensign of 6th Regiment of Foot in 1694, however was set on halfpay in 1713. In the next year, he was admitted to the 3rd Foot Guards and was promoted to captain in 1714. He served as 2nd major of his regiment from 1722 and as 1st major from 1725, having been advanced to the rank of brevet colonel two years before. In 1734, St Clair was appointed to the command of the 22nd Regiment of Foot and three years later he was transferred to the colonelship of the Royal Regiment of Foot (later renamed as 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot), which he held until his death. He rose to brigadier general in 1739 and already a ...
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William Stanhope, 1st Earl Of Harrington
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC (c. 16838 December 1756) was a British statesman and diplomat. Life William Stanhope was born in 1683 at the family home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, third surviving son of John Stanhope and Dorothy Agard. His elder brother Charles Stanhope (1673–1760) was also a politician and deeply involved in the South Sea Company financial scandal, while his cousin James Stanhope (1673–1721) is considered an alternative candidate to Robert Walpole for the title of Britain's first Prime Minister. He married Anne Griffiths, who died in 1719 giving birth to twin sons, William, 2nd Earl of Harrington (1719–1779) and Thomas (1719–1743). Career Educated at Eton College, Stanhope was commissioned in 1703 as a lieutenant in the 2nd Foot Guards during the War of the Spanish Succession, before transferring to the 3rd Foot Guards in Spain. By 1710, he was a lieutenant-colonel and missed the December 1710 Battle of Brihuega, when the British ...
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Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet
Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (3 July 1685 – 1 February 1768) was a British cavalry officer. As a junior officer he fought at the Battle of Schellenberg and at the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was then asked to raise a regiment to combat the threat from the Jacobite rising of 1715. He also served with the Pragmatic Army under the Earl of Stair at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession. As a Member of Parliament he represented three different constituencies but never attained political office. Career Born the son of Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet and Mary Rich (née Rich, daughter of Sir Charles Rich, 1st Baronet), Rich was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards and lieutenant in the Army on 10 June 1700. He fought in the War of the Spanish Succession at the Battle of Schellenberg in July 1704, where he was wounded, and at the Battle of Blenheim in August 1704, where he was ...
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John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier
Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, (7 November 168028 April 1770), was a French Huguenot exile, born Jean Louis de Ligonier in Castres, Southern France. He had a long and distinguished career in the British army and was appointed Commander-in-chief in 1757. During the Seven Years' War, he also served as Master-General of the Ordnance, effectively acting as Minister of War for the Pitt–Newcastle ministry. He retired from active duty in 1763 and died at his home in London on 28 April 1770. Military career The son of Louis de Ligonier, a member of a Huguenot family of Castres in the south of France that had emigrated to England in 1697,Pilkington p. 546 and Louise Ligonier (née du Poncet), John Ligonier was educated in France and Switzerland. He joined a regiment in Flanders commanded by Lord Cutts in 1702. He fought, with distinction, in the War of the Spanish Succession and was one of the first to mount the breach at the siege of Liège in October 1702. Aft ...
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Lord Mark Kerr (governor)
Lord Mark Kerr (baptised 1 April 1676 – 2 February 1752) was a Scottish-born professional soldier, who served in the War of the Spanish Succession and the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He reached the rank of General in the British Army, and held a number of important administration posts, including Governor of Edinburgh Castle. Life Lord Mark Kerr was born in 1676, fourth son of Robert Kerr, 1st Marquis of Lothian (1636-1703) and his wife, Jean Campbell (d. 1700), daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll. Through their relationship with Argyll, the family was closely associated with Presbyterian and Whig interests and supported the 1688 Glorious Revolution. He never married and died in London on 2 February 1752. He was buried in St Mary Abbots, Kensington, the memorial being lost when the church was rebuilt in 1878. Career In 1696, Kerr was commissioned Captain in 'McGill's Regiment of Foot;' this was disbanded in 1697 following the Treaty of Ryswick and h ...
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Philip Honywood (died 1752)
General Sir Philip Honywood KB (also spelled Honeywood; c.1677 – 17 June 1752) was a British Army officer. Biography He was born the second son of Charles Ludovic Honywood of Charing, Kent and Mary Clement. Sir Robert Honywood was his grandfather: Sir Robert married Frances Vane, daughter of Sir Henry Vane the Elder.Noble, Mark ''Memoirs of the Protectorate-house of Cromwell'' Birmingham 1784 Vol.2 p.487 His father died when Philip was about ten. He entered the Army as an ensign in James Stanley's regiment of foot on 12 June 1694,Charles Dalton (1898)''English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661–1714'', volume IV p. 29-30 and served under King William III in the Netherlands. He was promoted to captain in the Royal Fusiliers on 1 April 1696, and captain in the Earl of Huntingdon's newly raised regiment on 10 March 1702. In the reign of Queen Anne he shared in the toils and dangers of two campaigns in Brabant under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and af ...
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Lieutenant-General Of The Ordnance
The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a member of the British Board of Ordnance and the deputy of the Master-General of the Ordnance. The office was established in 1545, and the holder was appointed by the crown under letters patent. It was abolished in 1855 when the Board of Ordnance was subsumed into the War Office. List of Lieutenants-General of the Ordnance * Sir Francis Fleming 1545–1558 *William Bromfield 1558–1563 *Edward Randolph 1563–1566 * Sir William Pelham 1567–1587 * Sir Robert Constable 1588–1591 * George Carew, 1st Baron Carew 1592–1608 * Sir Roger Dallison 1608–1616 * Sir Richard Moryson 1616–1625 * Sir William Harington 1625–1626 * Sir William Heydon 1626–1627 * Sir John Heydon 1627–1642 * John Pym 1642–1643 (Parliamentarian) * Sir Walter Earle 1644–1648 (Parliamentarian) * Thomas Harrison 1650–1652 (Parliamentarian) * William Legge 1660–1670 * David Walter 1670–1679 * George Legge 1679–1682 * Sir Christopher Musgrave 168 ...
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General Of The Infantry
General of the Infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to: * General of the Infantry (Austria) * General of the Infantry (Bulgaria) * General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Imperial Army, Reichswehr or Wehrmacht, as well as an official position of the Bundeswehr, held by an officer in the rank of Generalleutnant now and previously of General of the branch, who is responsible for the training and equipment of the infantry. * General of the Infantry (Imperial Russia) ('), rank of general in the Russian Imperial Army See also * General of the Cavalry General of the Cavalry (german: General der Kavallerie) was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model. Artillery officers ... * General of the Artillery (other) * G.I. (military), a U.S. rank thought to mean "general infantry" bu ...
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