championing emerging concepts in amphibious warfare and maintaining critical ties with the US Marine Corps. General Officers Commanding General Officers Commanding have included: Deputy Adjutant General Royal Marines Major-General Sir James Campbell 1825–1831 Major-General Sir John Savage 1831–1836 Lieutenant-General Sir John Owen 1836–1854 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Wesley 1854–1862 General Sir George Langley 1862–1867 General Samuel Lowder 1867–1872 General Sir George Schomberg 1872–1875 Lieutenant General George Rodney 1875–1878 Major-General Sir Charles Adair 1878–1883 General Sir John Williams 1883–1888 General Sir Howard Jones 1888–1893 General Sir Henry Tuson 1893–1900 Lieutenant-General John Morris 1900–1902 Lieutenant-General Sir William Wright 1902–1907 General Sir William Adair 1907–1911 General Sir William Nicholls 1911–1914 Adjutant General Royal Marines General Sir William Nicholls 1914–1916 Major-General Sir David Mercer 1916–1920 Major-General Gunning Campbell July 1920–November 1920 General Sir Herbert Blumberg 1920–1924 General Sir Alexander Hutchison 1924–1927 General Sir Lewis Halliday 1927–1930 General Sir Richard Ford 1930–1933 General Sir Richard Foster 1933–1936 General Sir William Godfrey 1936–1939 General Sir Alan Bourne 1939-1943 Commandant General Royal Marines List of Deputy Commandants General The following have served as Deputy Commandant General: –2013: Brigadier Bill Dunham 2014–2017: Brigadier Richard Spencer 2017–2020: Brigadier Haydn White 2020–present: Brigadier Anthony R. Turner References Royal Marines Military appointments of the Royal Marines