Captains & Colonels, 2nd Troop (Scots), Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1702 William, Lord Forbes (12 May 1702 – 4 May 1704) —Lord Forbes's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1704 John, Earl of Crawford (4 May 1704 – December 1713) —Lindsay's or Earl of Crawford's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1714 George, Earl Marischal (5 January 1714 – 1 June 1715) —Keith's or Earl Marischal's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1715 Henry, Earl of Deloraine (1 June 1715 – 17 July 1717) —Scott's or Earl of Deloraine's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1717 George, Lord Forrester (17 July 1717 – 21 April 1719) —Lord Forrester's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1719 Hon. Henry Berkeley (21 April 1719 – May 1736) —Berkeley's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1737 Francis, Earl of Effingham (21 June 1737 – 25 December 1740) —Howard's or Earl of Effingham's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1740 John, Earl of Crawford (25 December 1740 – 1 April 1743) —Lindsay's or Earl of Crawford's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1743 James, Baron Tyrawley (1 April 1743 – 25 April 1745) —O'Hara's or Baron Tyrawley's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1745 John, Earl of Rothes (25 April 1745 – 5 June 1745) —Leslie's or Earl of Rothes's Horse Grenadier Guards
- 1745 William, Earl of Harrington (5 June 1745 – 1 April 1779) —Stanhope's or Earl of Harrington'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".
- 1779 Jeffery, Baron Amherst (21 April 1779 – 23 March 1782)
- 1782 Prince Frederick Augustus (23 March 1782 – 1 November 1784)
- 1784 Hugh, Duke of Northumberland (1 November 1784 – 8 June 1788)
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