The Major-General commanding the Household Division commands the Household Division of the British Army and is also the General Officer Commanding London District. In British Army parlance, "The Major-General" always refers to the Major-General commanding the Household Division. The Major-General has sole responsibility for the Service aspect of all State and ceremonial occasions within London District. The office holds executive command of the Household Division and of any other units brought into London for providing military security to the Sovereign, the Royal Palaces as well as for ceremonial purposes and is the main channel of communication between the Household Division and the Monarch. He or she is appointed by The Sovereign, and will previously have commanded a Regiment or Battalion within the Household Division. List of Commanders The holders of this office include: Commanding Home District General the Duke of Cambridge 1804– Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards (1856–1870) Before 1856, orders for the Foot Guards were communicated to the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting, a rotational appointment. Major-General Lord Rokeby 1856–1861 Major-General James Robertson Craufurd 1861–1863 Major-General Lord Frederick Paulet 1863–1867 Major-General the Hon. James Alexander Lindsay 1867–1868 Major-General Frederick William Hamilton 1868–1870 Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding Home District (1870–1906) Major-General Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar 1870–1876 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Frederick Stephenson 1876–1879 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir George Higginson 1879–1884 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Reginald Gipps 1884–1889 late Scots Guards Major-General Philip Smith 1889–1892 late Grenadier Guards Major-General The Lord Methuen 1892–1897 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir Henry Trotter 1897–1903 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Laurence Oliphant, 1903–1906 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District (1906–1950) Major-General Sir Frederick Stopford, 1906–1909 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Alfred Codrington, 1909–1913 late Coldstream Guards Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Lloyd 1913–1918 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Geoffrey Feilding 1918–1920 late Coldstream Guards Major-General Sir George Jeffreys 1920–1924 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 1924–1928 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir Charles Corkran, 1928–1932 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Albemarle Cator, April – November 1932 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir Charles Grant, 1932–1934 late Coldstream Guards Major-General Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke, 1934–1938 late Grenadier Guards Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Thorne, 1938–1939 late Grenadier Guards Lieutenant-General Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke, 1939–1942 late Grenadier Guards Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Smith, 1942–1944 late Coldstream Guards Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Loyd, 1944–1947 late Coldstream Guards Major-General