General The Rt Hon Sir Edward Lugard GCB 1881-1898
General Sir George Greaves GCB KCMG 1898-1920
Major General Sir John Raymsford Longley KCMG CB 1920-1939
General Sir Richard F C Foster KCB CMG DSO 1939-1946
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur A B Dowler KCB KBE DL 1946-1954
Brigadier G R P Roupell VC CB DL 1954-1959