List of Governors and Commandants of Sandhurst
This is a list of the Governors and Commandants of the Royal Military College, first at Great Marlow, then at Sandhurst, and of its successor on the same site, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
The Commandant of the Academy, as of the former Royal Military College, is its commanding officer and is always a senior officer of field rank. Most Commandants 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 Lieutenant Governor and a Commandant. In 1812 the posts of Lieutenant Governor and Commandant were merged into the role of Commandant. 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.With the creation of the merged Royal Military Academy in 1947, the commanding officer continued to be called the Commandant.
List of Governors
- 1802–1811: General Sir William Harcourt
- 1811–1819: General Sir Alexander Hope
- 1819–1824: Major-General Sir George Murray
- 1824–1826: General Sir Alexander Hope
- 1826–1837: General Sir Edward Paget
- 1837–1856: General Sir George Scovell
- 1856–1866: General Sir Harry Jones
- 1866–1868: General Sir George Wetherall
- 1868–1875: Major-General Sir Duncan Cameron
- 1875–1882: Major-General William Napier
- 1883–1886: General Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor
- 1886–1888: General David Anderson
List of Lieutenant-Governors
- 1801–1811: Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant
- 1811–1829: Colonel James Butler
- 1829–1837: Major-General Sir George Scovell
- 1837–1854: Major-General Thomas William Taylor
- 1854–1857: Colonel George Walter Prosser
- 1857–1864: Colonel Charles Rochfort Scott
List of Commandants
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- 1864–1869: Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell
- *1865–1874: Colonel Joseph Edward Addison '
- *1874–1879: Colonel Frederick Dobson Middleton '
- 1879–1884: Colonel Frederick Middleton '
- 1884–1886: Colonel Frederick Solly-Flood '
- 1886–1888: Colonel Aylmer Cameron '
- 1888–1893: Lieutenant-General Edward Clive '
- 1893–1898: Lieutenant-General Sir Cecil East '
- 1898–1902: Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Markham '
- 1902–1907: Major-General Gerald Kitson
- 1907–1911: Colonel William Capper
- 1911–1914: Major-General Lionel Stopford
- 1914–1916: Brigadier-General Stuart Rolt
- 1916–1919: Major-General Lionel Stopford
- 1919–1923: Major-General Sir Reginald Stephens
- 1923–1923: Major-General Herbert Shoubridge
- 1923–1927: Major-General Charles Corkran
- 1927–1930: Major-General Eric Girdwood
- 1931–1934: Major-General Reginald May
- 1934–1937: Major-General Bertie Fisher
- 1938–1939: Major-General Ralph Eastwood
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
- 2012–2013: Major-General Timothy Evans
- 2013–2015 Major-General Stuart Skeates
- 2015–2020 Major-General Paul Nanson
- 2020–Present Major-General Duncan Capps