This is a list of the Governors and Commandants of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom, and of its predecessor on the same site, the Royal Military College Sandhurst (1800–1939).
The Commandant of the Academy, as of the former College, is its commanding officer and is always a senior officer of field rank. Most serve for between two and three years and many go on to further significant promotions.
History of the role[]
The Royal Military College Sandhurst was originally led by a Governor (a figurehead), a Lieutenant Governor (in command of the college) and a Commandant (responsible for the cadets).[1] In 1812 the posts of Lieutenant Governor and Commandant were merged into the role of Commandant.[1] In 1888 the posts of Governor and Commandant were merged into the role of Governor and Commandant and in 1902 that single role was retitled Commandant.[1]
List of Governors[]
The Governors include:
- 1802–1811: General The Earl Harcourt[2]
- 1811–1819: General Sir Alexander Hope[3]
- 1819–1824: Major-General Sir George Murray[4]
- 1826–1837: General Sir Edward Paget[5]
- 1837–1856: General Sir George Scovell[6]
- 1856–1866: General Sir Harry Jones[7]
- 1866–1868: General Sir George Weatherall[8]
- 1868–1875: Major-General Sir Duncan Cameron[9]
- 1875–1882: Major-General William Napier
- 1883–1886: General Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor
- 1886–1888: General David Anderson
List of Commandants[]
The Commandants include:[10]
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1879-1939[]
- 1879–1884: Colonel Frederick Middleton[11] (Commandant reporting to the Governor)
- 1884–1886: Colonel Frederick Solly-Flood[12] (Commandant reporting to the Governor)
- 1886–1888: Colonel Aylmer Cameron[13] (Commandant reporting to the Governor)
- 1888–1893: Lieutenant-General Edward Clive[14] (Governor and Commandant)
- 1893–1898: Lieutenant-General Sir Cecil East[15] (Governor and Commandant)
- 1898–1902: Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Markham[16] (Governor and Commandant)
- 1902–1907: Major-General Gerald Kitson[17]
- 1907–1911: Colonel William Capper[18]
- 1911–1914: Major-General Lionel Stopford
- 1914–1916: Brigadier-General Stuart Rolt[19]
- 1916–1919: Major-General Lionel Stopford
- 1919–1923: Major-General Sir Reginald Stephens[20]
- 1923–1923: Major-General Herbert Shoubridge[21]
- 1923–1927: Major-General Charles Corkran[22]
- 1927–1930: Major-General Eric Girdwood[23]
- 1931–1934: Major-General Reginald May[24]
- 1934–1937: Major-General Bertie Fisher[25]
- 1938–1939: Major-General Ralph Eastwood[26]
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1947 to present[]
- 1947–1948: Major-General Francis Matthews
- 1948–1950: Major-General Hugh Stockwell
- 1951–1954: Major-General David Dawnay
- 1954–1956: Major-General Reginald Hobbs
- 1956–1960: Major-General Ronald Urquhart
- 1960–1963: Major-General George Gordon-Lennox
- 1963–1966: Major-General John Mogg
- 1966–1968: Major-General Peter Hunt
- 1968–1972: Major-General Philip Tower
- 1972–1973: Major-General Jack Harman
- 1973–1976: Major-General Robert Ford
- 1976–1979: Major-General Philip Ward
- 1979–1982: Major-General Richard Vickers
- 1982–1983: Major-General Geoffrey Howlett
- 1983–1987: Major-General Richard Keightley
- 1987–1989: Major-General Simon Cooper
- 1989–1991: Major-General Peter Graham
- 1991–1994: Major-General Timothy Toyne Sewell
- 1994–1995: Major-General Hew Pike
- 1995–1997: Major-General Jack Deverell
- 1997–1998: Major-General Alistair Irwin
- 1998–2000: Major-General Arthur Denaro
- 2001–2002: Major-General Philip Trousdell
- 2002–2006: Major-General Andrew Ritchie
- 2006–2007: Major-General Peter Pearson
- 2007–2009: Major-General David Rutherford-Jones
- 2009–2012: Major-General Patrick Marriott[27]
- 2012–2013: Major-General Timothy Evans[28]
- 2013– Major-General Stuart Skeates
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Conference Room Sandhurst Collection
- ↑ "No. 15377". 20 June 1801. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15377/page/
- ↑ Visitation of England and Wales volume 12, p.29
- ↑ 'Murray, Sir George (1772 - 1846)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 270-271.
- ↑ Edward Paget at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ George Scovell at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ ICE Virual Library
- ↑ Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- ↑ 'CAMERON, Sir Duncan Alexander, G.C.B.', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 23-Apr-09
- ↑ Army Commands
- ↑ 'MIDDLETON, Lt-Gen. Sir Frederick Dobson', in Who Was Who 1897–1915 (A. & C. Black, 1988 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2670-4)
- ↑ "No. 25372". 1 July 1884. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25372/page/
- ↑ 'CAMERON, Col Aylmer', in Who Was Who 1897–1915 (A. & C. Black, 1988 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2670-4)
- ↑ The Peerage.com
- ↑ Cecil East at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ Royal Military College, Sandhurst Hansard, 14 May 1900
- ↑ The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Edward Walford, p.206
- ↑ List of Fellows of the Zoological Society of London, 1910
- ↑ 'ROLT, Brig.-Gen. Stuart Peter', in Who Was Who 1929–1940 (A. & C. Black, 1967 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-0171-X)
- ↑ 'STEPHENS, General Sir Reginald Byng’, in Who Was Who 1951–1960, (A. & C. Black, 1984 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2598-8)
- ↑ 'SHOUBRIDGE, Maj.-Gen. (Thomas) Herbert', in Who Was Who 1916–1928, (A. & C. Black, 1992 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-3143-0)
- ↑ 'CORKRAN, Major-General Sir Charles Edward', in Who Was Who 1929–1940 (A. & C. Black, 1967 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-0171-X)
- ↑ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ 'MAY, General Sir Reginald Seaburne', in Who Was Who 1951–1960, (A. & C. Black, 1984 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2598-8)
- ↑ 'FISHER, Lieut-General Sir Bertie Drew', in Who Was Who 1971–1980 (A. & C. Black, 1989 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-3227-5)
- ↑ 'EASTWOOD, Lt-Gen. Sir T. Ralph', in Who Was Who 1951–1960 (A. & C. Black, 1984 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2598-8)
- ↑ MARRIOTT, Major-General Patrick Claude in Who's Who 2012 online at ukwhoswho.com (accessed 16 April 2012)
- ↑ Defence Viewpoints
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