Aide-de-camp general

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 rank	Date of appointment	Appointment ended	Notes
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	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	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	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]	16 June 2024[185]
General Sir James Hockenhull	23 May 2022[183]
General Dame Sharon Nesmith	17 May 2024[186]
General Sir Roland Walker	16 June 2024[187]

† : Date of death.