List of Royal Marines full generals

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This is a list of full generals in the Royal Marines. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the Royal Marines although no dedicated Royal Marines full general posts currently exist, unless they serve in tri-service positions. The Commandant General Royal Marines, a professional post created in 1943, is often - but not exclusively (not 1977 to 2022, see list) - held by a full general, including incumbents of a lower general officer rank promoted to general during their tenure in that post.

Promoted  | Name  | Born  | Died  | Notes

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1838[1] | James Meredyth |  | 1841  |
1854[2] | Walter Tremenheere | 1761 | 1855 | placed on the Retired List 1855[3]
1855[2] | Edward Nicolls | 1779 | 1865 | promoted while on the Retired List[3]
1855[3] | George Jones |  | 1857 |
1855[3] | George Beatty |  | 1857 |
1857[4] | Thomas Parke | 1780  | 1858  |
1857[5] | Sir Charles Menzies | 1783  | 1866 |
1858  | John Rawlins Coryton | 1791  | 1867  |
1862  | Sir Samuel Ellis | 1787  | 1865  |
1866[6] |  Henry Ivatt Delacombe | 1790  | 1878
1866  | Fortescue Graham | 1794  | 1880
1867  | John Tatton Brown | 1795  | 1880
1870[7] | Sir Anthony Stransham | 1805  | 1900  |
1870  | Alexander Anderson | 1807  | 1877  |
1870[8] | Thomas Holloway |  | 1875  |
1875[9] | John Gascoigne | 1811[10] | 1893[10] |
1875[11] | Henry Carr Tate |  |  |
1897[12] | Sir Howard Jones | 1835  | 1912[13] | placed on the Retired List 1900[14]
| Frederick Gasper Le Grand | 1837  | 1905  | placed on the Retired List 1901[15]
1900[14] | Samuel James Graham |  |  |
1901[15] | Ardley Henry Falwasser Barnes | 1838  | 1910  | placed on the Retired List 1902[16]
1902[16] | Edward Lee Rose | 1842  | 1903  |
1912[17] | Sir William Thompson Adair | 1850  | 1931[18] |
1912[19] | Henry Cecil Eagles |  |  | (1855–1927)?
1914[20] |  James Henry Bor | 1857  | 1914[21] |
1914[22] |  William Inglefield Eastman | 1856  | 1941[23] |
1928  | Sir Lewis Halliday | 1870  | 1966  | Recipient of the Victoria Cross
1945[24] | Sir Thomas Hunton | 1885  | 1970  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1943–46
1948  | Sir Dallas Brooks | 1896  | 1966  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1946–49 (promoted while in the post),
19th Governor of Victoria 1949–63
1951[24] | Sir Leslie Hollis | 1897  | 1963  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1949–52
| Sir John Westall | 1901  | 1986  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1952–55
| Sir Campbell Hardy | 1906  | 1984  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1955–59
1961[25] | Sir Ian Riches | 1908  | 1996  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1959–62
1964[26] | Sir Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor | 1911  | 1969  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1962–65
1967[27] | Sir Norman Tailyour | 1914  | 1979  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1965–68
1970[28] | Sir Peter Hellings | 1916  | 1990  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1968–71 (promoted while in the post)
1973[29] | Sir Ian Gourlay | 1920  | 2013  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1971–75 (promoted while in the post)
1977[30] | Sir Peter Whiteley | 1920  | 2016  | Commandant General Royal Marines 1975–77,
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe 1977–79
2016[31] | Sir Gordon Messenger | 1962  |  | Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff 2016–19,
Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom since 2021,
Constable of the Tower since 2022
2022[32] | Gwyn Jenkins |  |  | Commandant General Royal Marines since 2022,
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff since 2022–

## See also[edit]

* List of British Army full generals
* List of Royal Navy admirals
* List of Royal Air Force air chief marshals

## References[edit]

1. ^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 323. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
2. ^ a b "No. 21637". The London Gazette. 5 December 1854. p. 3956.
3. ^ a b c d "No. 21735". The London Gazette. 26 June 1855. p. 2457.
4. ^ "No. 21966". The London Gazette. 10 February 1857. p. 472.
5. ^ "No. 22019". The London Gazette. 7 July 1857. p. 2376.
6. ^ The London Gazette: The Appointed Organ for All Announcements of the Executive. 6 September 1866. p. 4918.
7. ^ "No. 23603". The London Gazette. 1 April 1870. p. 2005.
8. ^ "Page 2005 | Issue 23603, 1 April 1870 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
9. ^ "No. 24286". The London Gazette. 21 January 1876. p. 256.
10. ^ a b Gosnell, Chris (2013). "John Hawkins Gascoigne". The Gascoigne Family. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
11. ^ No. 4072 The London Gazzette
12. ^ "No. 26851". The London Gazette. 11 May 1897. p. 2603.
13. ^ "General Sir Howard S. Jones (Obituaries)". The Times. No. 40078\. 10 December 1912. p. 11.
14. ^ a b "No. 27164". The London Gazette. 13 February 1900. p. 999.
15. ^ a b "No. 27387". The London Gazette. 13 December 1901. p. 8838.
16. ^ a b "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902. p. 2791.
17. ^ "No. 28583". The London Gazette. 23 February 1912. p. 1343.
18. ^ "Adair, Sir William Thompson". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
19. ^ "No. 28598". The London Gazette. 12 April 1912. p. 2639.
20. ^ "No. 28838". The London Gazette. 9 June 1914. p. 4536.
21. ^ "Bor, James Henry". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
22. ^ "No. 28940". The London Gazette. 16 October 1914. p. 8249.
23. ^ "Eastman, William Inglefield". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
24. ^ a b Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen (2013). "Royal Marine (RM) officers 1939–1945 (Haines–Hunton)". unithistories.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
25. ^ "No. 42295". The London Gazette. 7 March 1961. p. 1729.
26. ^ "No. 43280". The London Gazette. 24 March 1964. p. 2680.
27. ^ "No. 44267". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 March 1967. p. 2883.
28. ^ "No. 45240". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1970. p. 13109.
29. ^ "No. 46138". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 November 1973. p. 14082.
30. ^ "No. 47160". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 March 1977. p. 2826.
31. ^ "General Sir Gordon Messenger KCB DSO* OBE ADC". gov.uk. UK Ministry of Defence. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Vice Chief of the Defence Staff 2016 to 2019"
32. ^ "No. 63818". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 September 2022. p. 17754.

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