Commandants
Commandants have included:
Commandant of the Imperial Defence College
- Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond KCB (1926)
- Major-General William Bartholomew GCB CMG DSO (1929)
- Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham GCVO KCB CMG DSO AFC (1931)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Lionel Preston KCB (1933)
- Major-General Robert Haining CB DSO (1935)
- Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore KCB DSO (1937)
- Vice Admiral Hugh Binney CB DSO (1939)
- Note: The post was vacant during World War II
- General Sir William Slim GBE KCB DSO, MC (1946)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor KCB DSO MC (1948)
- Admiral Sir Charles Daniel KCB CBE DSO (1949)
- General Sir Frank Simpson GBE KCB DSO (1952)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sanders GCB KBE (1954)
- Admiral The Hon Sir Guy Russell GBE KCB DSO (1956)
- General Sir Geoffrey Bourne KCB KBE CMG (1958)
- Sir Robert Scott GCMG CBE (1960)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine KBE CB DSO (1961)
- Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin GCB DSO DSC (1964)
- General Sir John Anderson GBE KCB DSO (1966)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Donald Evans KBE CB DFC (1968)
- The Hon Alastair Buchan CBE (1970)
Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- General Sir Mervyn Butler KCB CBE DSO MC (1972)
- General Sir Antony Read GCB CBE DSO MC ADC (Gen) (1973)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB CBE DFC AFC (1974)
- Admiral Sir Ian Easton KCB DSC (1976)
- General Sir David Fraser KCB OBE ADC (Gen) (1978)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Freer GBE KCB (1980)
- Admiral Sir William Pillar GBE KCB (1982)
- General Sir Michael Gow GCB, ADC (Gen) (1984)
- Admiral Sir David Hallifax KCB KBE (1986)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Armitage KCB CBE (1988)
- General Sir Antony Walker KCB (1990)
- Vice Admiral Sir John Coward KCB DSO (1992)
- Air Marshal Lord Garden KCB (1994)
- Lieutenant General Sir Scott Grant CB (1996)
- Vice Admiral John McAnally CB LVO (1998)
- Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Wallace KBE (2001)
- Admiral Sir Ian Garnett KCB (2005)
- Vice Admiral Charles Style CBE (2008)
- Lieutenant General Sir David Bill KCB (2012)
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