and 1863 to a design by James Pennethorne, adjacent to the Royal Military College (but over the county boundary in Camberley). During the 1870s there were just forty students although numbers increased to sixty students in the 1880s. In 1903 officers of the colonial forces were allowed to join the college, and in 1905 naval officers were introduced. With the threat of a second war with Germany, the college was expanded and restructured in 1938, with a junior wing at Camberley for officers of an average age of 29 years, and a senior wing at Minley Manor, Farnborough, for graduates of the school returned for further training, and aged about 35 years. In 1994 it was announced that a new Joint Services Command and Staff College would replace the Staff College, the Royal Naval Staff College, RAF Staff College, and Joint Service Defence College in 1997. The building is now known as Robertson House, and houses the Gurkha Brigade Association and the Army Medical Services. Current use The buildings were retained by the Ministry of Defence, and are used by a number of occupants, including the following: Headquarters, Brigade of Gurkhas Headquarters, Army Medical Services Regimental Headquarters, Royal Army Medical Corps Regimental Headquarters, Royal Army Dental Corps Regimental Headquarters, Royal Army Veterinary Corps Regimental Headquarters, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Commandants Commandant, Staff College, Sandhurst 1858–1861: Colonel Patrick Leonard McDougall 1861–1864: Colonel William Craig Emilius Napier 1865–1870: Colonel Thomas Edgar Lacy Commandants since the College gained its independence in 1870 have been: 1870–1878 Major-General Edward Bruce Hamley Feb–May 1878 Major-General Sir Archibald Alison 1878–1885 Major-General Charles Creagh-Osborne 1885–1888 Major-General Edward Clive Commandant, Staff College, Camberley 1888–1893 Colonel Francis Clery 1893–1898 Colonel Henry Hildyard 1898–1903 Colonel Herbert Miles 1903–1906 Colonel Sir Henry Rawlinson 1907–1910 Brigadier-General Henry Wilson 1910–1913 Major-General Sir William Robertson 1913–1914 Brigadier-General Launcelot Kiggell Note the college was closed during the War 1919–1922 Major-General Hastings Anderson 1922–1926 Major-General Sir Edmund Ironside 1926–1931 Major-General Charles Gwynn 1931–1934 Major-General John Dill 1934–1936 Major-General Clement Armitage 1936–1937 Major-General Viscount Gort 1937–1938 Major-General Sir Ronald Adam 1938–1939 Major-General Bernard Paget 1939–1941 Major-General Robert Collins 1941–1942 Major-General Montagu Stopford 1942–1943 Major-General Sir Alan Cunningham 1943–1944 Major-General Douglas Wimberley 1944–1946 Major-General Philip Gregson-Ellis 1946–1948 Major-General Richard Hull 1948–1951 Major-General Dudley Ward 1951–1954 Major-General Gerald Lathbury 1954–1956 Major-General Charles Jones 1957–1958 Major-General Nigel Poett 1958–1961 Major-General Reginald Hewetson 1961–1963 Major-General Charles Harington 1963–1966 Major-General John