Captains & Colonels, 1st Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1693 Hon. George Cholmondeley (4 October 1693 – 2 February 1715) —Cholmondeley's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1715 Richard, Lord Lumley (2 February 1715 – 11 December 1717) —Lumley's or Earl of Scarbrough's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1717 Hon. John Fane (11 December 1717 – 7 August 1733) —Fane's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1733 Sir Robert Rich (7 August 1733 – 13 May 1735) — Rich's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1735 Sir Charles Hotham (13 May 1735 – 10 February 1738) —Hotham's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1738 James Dormer (10 February 1738 – 25 December 1742) —Dormer's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1742 Richard, Viscount Cobham (25 December 1742 – 25 April 1745) —Temple's or Lord Cobham's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1745 Richard Onslow (25 April 1745 – 16 March 1760) —Onslow's Horse Grenadier Guards
On 1 July 1751 a royal warrant provided that in future regiments would not be known by their colonels' names, but by their "number or rank".
- 1760 Thomas, Earl of Effingham (30 October 1760 – 19 November 1763)
- 1763 John West, Viscount Cantelupe (21 November 1763 – 21 March 1766)
- 1766 John, Baron Howard de Walden (21 March 1766 – 8 June 1788)
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