
Between the period 1715 and 1887 it was not unusual for the Regiment to have several Lieutenant Colonels appointed at the same time, although only one of them commanded.
A number of those who commanded succeeded from positions of second or even third Lieutenant Colonel appointments.
1715 – Lieutenant Colonel Henry Killigrew
1716 – Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Rapin
1717 – Lieutenant Colonel William Boyle
1720 – Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Newcomin
1731 – Lieutenant Colonel H. Desgrangues
1737 – Lieutenant Colonel William Wright
1749 – Lieutenant Colonel James Norris
1754 – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Earle
1781 – Lieutenant Colonel Grice Blackeney (Later General)
1802 – Lieutenant Colonel John Michel (Later General)
1805 – Neil Talbot appointed second Lieutenant Colonel
1819 – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Massey Baker
1845 – Edward Harvey appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General)
1848 – Lieutenant Colonel John Wallace King C.B.
1857 – Charles Philip de Ainslie appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later General)
1881 – Francis Shirley Russell C.M.G. appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General)
1885 James Dennis appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Colonel)
