Sir John Marriott, 1947–1950 late Scots Guards Major-General Commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District (1950–1968) Major-General Sir Julian Gascoigne, 1950–1953 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir George Johnson, 1953–1957 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir Rodney Moore, 1957–1959 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir George Burns, 1959–1962 late Coldstream Guards Major-General Sir John Nelson, 1962–1965 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Basil Eugster, 1965–1968 late Irish Guards Major-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District (1968–) Major-General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, 1968–1971 late Life Guards Major-General Sir James Bowes-Lyon, 1971–1973 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Philip Ward, 1973–1976 late Welsh Guards Major-General Sir John Swinton, 1976–1979 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir Desmond Langley, 1979–1983 late The Life Guards Major-General Sir James Eyre, 1983–1986 late Royal Horse Guards Major-General Sir Christopher Airy, 1986–1989 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir Simon Cooper, 1989–1991 late Life Guards Major-General Sir Robert Corbett, 1991–1994 late Irish Guards Major-General Sir Iain Mackay-Dick, 1994–1997 late Scots Guards Major-General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, 1997–2000 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Redmond Watt, 2000–2003 late Welsh Guards Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts, 2003–2007 late Irish Guards Major-General Sir William Cubitt, 2007–2011 late Irish Guards 1998–2011 (commissioned into Coldstream Guards, 1977–98) Major-General Sir George Norton 2011–2013 late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne 2013–2016 late Life Guards Major-General Sir Ben Bathurst 2016–2019 late Welsh Guards Major General Chris Ghika 2019–Present late Irish Guards References Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom Senior appointments of the British Army Household Division (United Kingdom)