Colonels of the Essex Regiment
1741 Colonel James Long
1743 Lt Colonel John Lee
1751 Colonel Peter Halkett
1755 Robert Ellison
1756 Major General James Abercromby
1781 Major General Charles Rainsford
1809 General Thomas Triggs
1814 General Earl of Suffolk
1820 Lt General Gore Browne
1843 Lt General Patrick Stewart
1855 Lt General Frederick Ashworth
1858 Major General Thomas Reed
1883 General Charles Staveley
1896 General Archibald Alison
Lt General J J Bourke
1904 Major General F Ventris
1929 Major General J C Harding-Newman
