| Name | Start | Comments |
| Major–General Stringer Lawrence | 1748 January ?? | |
| Lieutenant–General John Adlercron | 1754 ???? ?? | |
| Major–General Robert Clive | 1756 December 1 | |
| Brigadier–General John Caillaud | 1760 February 25 | |
| Brigadier–General John Carnac | 1760 December 31 | |
| Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote | 1761 April ?? | |
| Major Thomas Adams | 1763 ???? ?? | officiating |
| Brigadier–General John Carnac | 1764 January ?? | |
| General Sir Hector Munro of Novar | 1764 July ?? | |
| Brigadier–General John Carnac | 1765 January ?? | |
| Major–General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey | 1765 May 3 | |
| Brigadier–General Richard Smith | 1767 January 29 | |
| Brigadier–General Sir Robert Barker | 1770 March 24 | |
| Colonel Charles Chapman | 1773 December 22 | |
| Brigadier–General Alexander Champion | 1774 January 18 | |
| Lieutenant–General Sir John Clavering | 1774 November 2 | |
| Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert | 1777 October 16 | officiating |
| Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote | 1779 March 25 | reappointed |
| Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert | 1783 April 27 | officiating |
| General Sir Robert Sloper | 1785 July 21 | |
| General Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis | 1786 September 12 | |
| General Sir Robert Abercromby of Aithrey | 1793 October 28 | officiating from 5 Oct. 1793 |
| Major–General Charles Morgan | 1797 January 17 | officiating |
| Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke | 1798 May 17 | |
| General Sir James Henry Craig | 1801 February 25 | officiating |
| General Gerard Lake | 1801 March 13 | |
| General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis | 1805 July 30 | reappointed |
| General Gerard Lake, 1st Baron Lake | 1805 October 5 | reappointed |
| General Sir George Hewett | 1807 October 17 | |
| Lieutenant–General Forbes Champagné | 1807 December 10 | officiating |
| Field Marshal Sir George Nugent | 1811 January 14 | |
| General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, later Marquess of Hastings | 1813 October 4 | |
| General Sir Edward Paget | 1823 January 13 | |
| Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere | 1825 October 7 | |
| General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie | 1830 January 1 | |
| Lieutenant–General Sir Edward Barnes | 1832 January 10 | |
| General Lord William Bentinck | 1833 October 15 | |
| General Lord William Bentinck | 1834 April 22 | new commission |
| General Sir James Watson | 1835 March 10 | officiating |
| General Sir Henry Fane | 1835 September 5 | |
| General Sir Jasper Nicolls | 1839 December 7 | |
| Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough | 1843 August 8 | |
| General Sir Charles James Napier | 1849 May 7 | |
| Field Marshal Sir William Maynard Gomm | 1851 December 6 | |
| General George Anson | 1856 January 23 | |
| Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant | 1856 June 17 | officiating |
| Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde | 1857 August 13 | |
| Field Marshal Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn | 1861 June 4 | |
| General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst | 1865 March 23 | |
| Field Marshal Robert Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala | 1870 April 9 | He did much to benefit the army and to encourage good shooting. |
| Field Marshal Sir Frederick Paul Haines | 1876 April 10 | |
| Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart | 1881 April 8 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC | 1885 November 28 | |
| Field Marshal Sir George Stewart White, VC | 1893 April 8 | |
| General Sir Charles Edward Nairne | 1898 March 20 | officiating |
| General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart | 1898 November 4 | |
| General Sir Arthur Power Palmer | 1900 March 19 | |
| Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener | 1902 November 28 | oversaw restructuring of the Indian Army |
| General Sir Garret O'Moore Creagh, VC | 1909 September 10 | |
| General Sir Harry Beauchamp Duff | 1914 March 8 | |
| General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro | 1916 October 1 | |
| General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson | 1920 November 21 | |
| Field Marshal Sir Claude William Jacob | 1925 April 3 | |
| Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac | 1925 August 6 | |
| Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode | 1930 November 30 | |
| Field Marshal General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels | 1935 November 30 | |
| Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck | 1941 January 27 | |
| Field Marshal Archibald Wavell | 1941 July 5 | Left to take command of the short lived ABDACOM |
| General Sir Alan Flemming Hartley | 1942 January 5 | |
| Field Marshal Archibald Wavell | 1942 March 7 | Reapointed, Hartley appointed Deputy C-in-C |
| Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck | 1943 June 20 | 1947 August 15 Became Supreme Commander India & Pakistan |
| General Sir Robert McGregor Macdonald Lockhart | 1947 August 15 | |
| General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher | 1947 December 31 | |
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