HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY INFORMATION - COMMANDER HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY & SILVER STICK IN WAITING

THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY -

COMMANDER HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY

& SILVER-STICK-IN-WAITING

This appointment was introduced into the Household Cavalry
in March 1943.

The Household Cavalry Regiments are overall commanded by
an Officer (from one of the two Regiments of Household Cavalry)
who usually holds the rank of Colonel in the Army.

He is the professional head of the Household Cavalry, and as such
he is responsible to the two Gold Sticks for its day-to-day operation.

It is customary within the Household Cavalry to call this Officer by his
original title of 'Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Household Cavalry'.

He also holds the appointment of Silver Stick-in-Waiting (for which
he carries an ebony cane with a silver head), deputising for
Gold Stick-in-Waiting in the event of the latter being absent
or unavailable for any State Occasions or functions.

The Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Household Cavalry is
responsible to the Major-General Commanding the Household Division
(London District).

Garter Procession

Silver Stick (on the left) in attendance on
HM The Queen in the Garter Procession

Commanders Household Cavalry . . . since 1943

March 1943 —	December 1944	A H Ferguson (LG)
December 1944 —	September 1946	Sir Robert Gooch Bt DSO (LG)
September 1946 —	January 1950	Sir Henry Abel Smith, KCVO DSO (RHG)
January 1950 —	January 1953	F F B St George, CVO (LG)
January 1953 —	March 1956	E J S Ward, MVO MC (LG)
March 1956 —	March 1959	W H Gerard Leigh (LG)
March 1959 —	April 1960	Marquess Douro, MVO OBE MC (RHG)
April 1960 —	April 1964	Hon J Berry, OBE (RHG)
April 1964 —	October 1966	D J St M Tabor MC (RHG)
November 1966 —	August 1969	H S Hopkinson, MBE (RHG/D)
September 1969 —	November 1972	I B Baillie (LG)
November 1972 —	October 1975	H D A Langley, MBE (LG)
October 1975 —	September 1978	J A C G Eyre, CTO OBE (RHG/D)
September 1978 —	March 1981	S C Cooper (LG)
March 1981 —	November 1982	A J Hartigan (LG)*
December 1982 —	January 1986	J G Hamilton-Russell, MBE (RHG/D)
January 1986 —	April 1987	J B Emson, CBE (LG)
April 1987 —	July 1990	A H Parker Bowles, OBE (RHG/D)
July 1990 —	July 1993	J D Smith-Bingham (RHG/D)
July 1993 —	October 1997	P B Rogers (RHG/D)
October 1997 —	March 1999	P S W F Falkner, OBE (LG)
March 1999 —	December 2000	W T Browne (RHG/D)
December 2000 —	April 2005	H P D Massey (RHG/D)
April 2005 —	December 2008	P J Tabor, MVO (RHG/D)
December 2008 —	September 2010	W T Browne, LVO (RHG/D)
September 2010 —		S H Cowen (RHG/D)

* Note
Colonel Hartigan died on 13 November 1982 from injuries received in a hunting accident.
The duties of Lieutenant Colonel Commanding and Silver Stick in Waiting were carried out
pro temps by Lieutenant Colonel A H Parker Bowles, The Blues And Royals, Commanding Officer
of the Household Cavalry Regiment.