Commander-in-Chief, Scotland

This is a list of officers who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Scotland, historically also referred to as North Britain.

For commanders-in-chief in the twentieth century, see Scottish Command.

Commanders-in-Chief
Commanding the troops in the North British District Note: Between 1889 and 1893 the Command was divided into smaller Districts Commanding the troops in the Scottish District
 * 1661-1663: John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton
 * 1663-1667: John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes
 * 1667-1674: George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow (acting)
 * 1674-1677: Sir George Munro
 * 1677-1679: George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow
 * 1679-1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
 * 1679-1685: Thomas Dalyell
 * 1685-1685: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton
 * 1685-1688: William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan
 * 1688-1688: James Douglas
 * 1702-1705: George Ramsay
 * 1706-1710: David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven
 * 1710-1712: David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore
 * 1712-1716: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
 * 1716-1724: George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter
 * 1724-1740: George Wade
 * 1745-1745: Sir John Cope
 * 1745-1745: Roger Handasyd
 * 1745-1746: Henry Hawley (Prince William, Duke of Cumberland in overall command)
 * 1746-1747: William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle
 * 1747-1756: Humphrey Bland
 * 1756-1767: Lord George Beauclerk
 * 1767-1778: John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
 * 1778-1780: Sir James Adolphus Oughton
 * 1780-1787: Alexander Mackay
 * 1789-1798: Lord Adam Gordon
 * 1798-1799: Sir Ralph Abercromby
 * 1803-1806: Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira
 * 1806-1812: William Cathcart, 1st Viscount Cathcart
 * 1812-1816: Henry Wynyard
 * 1816-1819: Sir John Hope
 * 1819-1825: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Bradford
 * 1825-1830: Lieutenant-General Sir Robert O'Callaghan
 * 1830-1837: General Patrick Stuart
 * 1837-1842: General Lord Greenock
 * 1842-1847: Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas
 * 1847-1852: General Sir Henry Riddell
 * 1852-1854: General Sir Thomas Napier
 * 1854-1860: General Viscount Melville
 * 1860-1861: Major-General Duncan Cameron
 * 1861-1867: Major-General Edward Forestier-Walker
 * 1852-1854: General Sir Thomas Napier
 * 1854-1860: General Viscount Melville
 * 1860-1861: Major-General Duncan Cameron
 * 1861-1867: Major-General Edward Forestier-Walker
 * 1868-1873: Major-General Randal Rumley
 * 1873-1875: Major-General Sir John Douglas
 * 1875-1878: Major-General John Stuart
 * 1878-1881: Major-General Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet
 * 1881-1882: Major-General Alastair Macdonald
 * 1882-1885: Major-General Sir Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley
 * 1885-1888: Major-General Alexander Elliot
 * 1893-1894: Major-General Arthur Fremantle
 * 1894-1896: Major-General Sir Hugh Rowlands