Colors of the British Army:
Grenadier Guards

Succession of Colonels Grenadier Guards

by Robert McNair




THOMAS LORD WENTWORTH 26th August, 1660.
JOHN RUSSELL 23d November, 1660.
HENRY, DUKE OF GRAFTON 14th December, 1681.
EDWARD, EARL OF LICHFIELD 13th November, 1688.
HENRY, DUKE OF GRAFTON 31st December, 1688.
HENRY, EARL OF ROMNEY 16th March, 1689.
CHARLES, DUKE OF SCHOMBERG 27th December, 1691.
HENRY, EARL OF ROMNEY 23d November, 1693.
JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 25th April, 1704.
JAMES, DUKE OF ORMOND 1st January, 1712.
JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. . 26th September, 1714.
WILLIAM, EARL OF CADOGAN 18th June, 1722.
SIR CHARLES WILLS, K.B. 6th August, 1726.
WILLIAM, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND 18th February, 1742.
JOHN, EARL LEGONIER, K.B. 30th November, 1757.
WILLIAM, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G. 30th April, 1770.
FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORK, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. 5th September, 1805.
ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. 22d January, 1827.
H.R.H. FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CfIARLEs EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXONY, PRINCE OF SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA, K.G., K.T., K. ST. P., G.C.B, G.C.M.G. (afterwards THE PRINCE CONSORT) 23d September, 1852.
H.R.H. GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK CHARLES, DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G. . . . . 15th December, 1861


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