| Admiral Sir Henry Jackson GCB KCVO FRS | 1922-23 |
| Senatore G Marconi KCVO | 1924 |
| Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Field KCB KCMG | 1925 |
| Air Commodore L F Blandy CB DSO | 1926 |
| Doctor W H Eccles FRS | 1927 |
| Mr E H Shaughnessy OBE | 1928 |
| Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis GBE KCB | 1929 |
| Major General Alan Brough CB CMG CBE DSO | 1930 |
| Air Commodore A D Warrington-Morris CB CMG OBE | 1931 |
| Major B Binyon OBE | 1932 |
| Commander J A Slee CBE | 1933 |
| Colonel Sir George Lee MC OBE | 1934 |
| Admiral Sir James Somerville GCB GBE DSO | 1935 |
| Air Commodore J B Bowen CBE | 1936 |
| Colonel J P G Worlledge OBE | 1937 |
| Sir Noel Ashbridge | 1938 |
| Colonel Sir A Stanley Angwin KCMG KBE DSO MC | 1939 |
| Major General A E Davidson CB DSO MC | 1940-41 |
| Captain S R Mullard MBE | 1942 |
| Vice-Admiral C S Holland CB | 1943 |
| Air Vice-Marshal Sir Victor Tait KBE CB | 1944-45 |
| Major General Sir Leslie Phillips KBE CB MC | 1946 |
| Sir Archibald Gill | 1947 |
| Vice-Admiral J W S Dorling CB | 1948 |
| Air Vice-Marshal O G Lywood CB CBE | 1949 |
| Major General S` John D Arcedeckne-Butler CBE | 1950 |
| Mr G M Wright CBE | 1951 |
| Admiral A J L Murray CB DSO OBE | 1952 |
| Air Vice-Marshal C W Nutting CBE DSC | 1953 |
| Major General C H H Vulliamy CB DSO | 1954 |
| Sir Harold Bishop CBE | 1955 |
| Admiral Sir Peter Reid GCB CVO DL | 1956 |
| Air Vice-Marshal E B Addison CB CBE | 1957 |
| Major General Sir Ronald Penney KBE CB DSO MC | 1958 |
| Brigadier Sir Lionel Harris KBE | 1959 |
| Admiral Sir Alan Scott-Moncrieff KCB CBE DSO | 1960 |
| Air Marshal Sir Leslie Dalton-Morris KBE CB | 1961 |
| Major General L de M Thuillier CB OBE | 1962 |
| Dr R L Smith-Rose CBE | 1963 |
| Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dawnay KCVO CB DSC | 1964 |
| Air Marshal Sir Walter Pretty KBE CB | 1965 |
| Major General E S Cole CB CBE | 1966 |
| Sir Albert Mumford KBE | 1967 |
| Rear-Admiral R S Foster-Brown | 1968 |
| Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Weston KBE CB | 1969 |
| Brigadier W G Tucker CBE | 1970 |
| Commander B T Turner CVO OBE DSO | 1971 |
| Air Vice-Marshal C W Stewart CB CBE | 1972 |
| Major General Sir John Anderson KBE | 1973 |
| Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Anson Bt CB | 1974 |
| Air Vice-Marshal Sir Thomas Shirley KBE CB DL | 1975 |
| Major General J M Sawers CB MBE | 1976 |
| Group Captain Sir Edward Fennessy CBE | 1977 |
| Vice-Admiral Sir John Parker KBE CB DSC | 1978 |
| Air Vice-Marshal S M Davidson CBE | 1979 |
| Major General A J Jackson | 1980 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore GCB DSC ADC | 1981 |
| Air Marshal Sir AIec Morris KBE | 1982 |
| Brigadier R G Phippard | 1983 |
| Admiral Sir Peter Stanford KCB LVO ADC | 1984 |
| Air Marshal Sir Eric Dunn KBE CB BEM | 1985 |
| Major General G R Oehlers CB | 1986 |
| Commodore N I C Kettlewell ADC | 1987 |
| Air Vice-Marshal P M S Hedgeland CB OBE | 1988 |
| Major General J M W Badcock CB MBE | 1989 |
| Rear-Admiral H Balfour MVO | 1990 |
| Major General P D Alexander CB MBE | 1991 |
| Sir Frank Holroyd KBE CB | 1992 |
| Rear-Admiral R Walmsley | 1993 |
| Sir Brian Tovey KCMG | 1994 |
| Major General H A J Sturge | 1995 |
| Mr T Mayer CBE | 1996 |
| Major General A H Boyle CB | 1997 |
| Air Vice-Marshal J B Main CB OBE | 1998 |
| Rear Admiral B B Perowne ADC | 1999 |
| Major General W J P Robins CB OBE | 2000 |
| Mr N E Franks | 2001 |
| Air Vice-Marshall B C McCandless CB CBE | 2002 |
| Commodore R Howell | 2003 |
| Major General A J Raper CBE | 2004 |
| Major General R Baxter CBE | 2005-06 |
| Air Vice-Marshal D A Rennison CB | 2007 |
| Brigadier John Thomas MBE ADC | 2008 |
| Air Vice-Marshal R A Allan OBE | 2009 |
| Major General D McDowall CBE | 2010 |
| Mr Jim Cadwallader CVO | 2011 |
| Rear Admiral Philip Jones GCB ADC DL | 2012 |
| Maj Gen Tim Inshaw CB | 2013 |
| AM Sir Steve Hillier KCB CBE DFC ADC MA | 2014 |
| Mr Len Tyler | 2015-16 |
| Brigadier (Retd) Mike Lithgow CBE | 2017 |
| Air Vice Marshal Tim Bishop OBE | 2018 |
| Brigadier (Retd) Phil Davies | 2019-20 |
| Mr David Lillycrop | 2021 |
| Lieutenant General Sir Nick Pope KCB CBE | 2022 |
| Mr Mike Simms | 2023 |
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