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The titular head of the HAC is known as the Captain-General and this office has almost invariably been held by the Monarch.  HM Queen Elizabeth II has held the appointment since 1952. 

 

The full list of past Captain-Generals is given below:

 

1657-1660      Major General Phillip Skippon

1660-1690      HRH James, Duke of York (later James II)

1690-1702      King William III

1690               Henry, Duke of Norfolk (While King William III was in Ireland)

1702-1708      HRH George, Prince of Denmark (Consort of Queen Anne)

1715-1760      HRH George, Prince of Wales (later George II)

1766-1830      HRH George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales

                          (later George IV)

1830-1837      King William IV

1837-1843      HRH Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

1843-1861      HRH The Prince Consort

1863-1910      HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII)

1910-1936      King George V

1936-1952      King George VI