Territorial Commanders
A Territorial Commissioner (Commander) must maintain an unblemished character in his public and private life, and in every other way be a pattern of love and holiness, self-denial and activity, in order to maintain the dignity of his position, and sustain the character and promote the welfare of that portion of The Army placed uder his charge.
William Booth, Orders and Regulations Fot Territorial Commissioners and Chief Secretaries,Part 1-Section 1-6, 1899
The following is a cronologoical list of Territorial Leaders:
- Major Thomas B. Coombs - June 1884 to September 19, 1889
- Commissioner Thomas Adams - September 20, 1889 to June 26, 1891
- Commissioner David M. Rees - June 27, 1891 to October 24, 1892
- Commandant Herbert H. Booth - October 25, 1892 to June 26, 1896
- Commander Eva Booth - June 27, 1896 to December 3, 1904
- Commissioner Thomas B. Coombs - December 4, 1004 to January 27, 1911
- Commissioner David M. Rees - January 28, 1911 to May 29, 1914
- Commissioner William Richards - October 10, 1914 to November 17, 1921
- Commissioner Charles Sowton - November 17, 1921 to December 8, 1926
- Lieut.-Commissioner William Maxwell - December 9, 1926 to November 15, 1929
- Commissioner James Hay - November 15, 1929 to January 12, 1935
- Commissioner John McMillan - January 13, 1935 to July 25, 1937
- Commissioner George Carpenter - July 26, 1937 to November 1, 1939
- Commissioner Benjamin Orames - October 20, 1939 to December 15, 1946
- Commissioner Charles Baugh - December 16, 1946 to June 6, 1951
- Commissioner William Dalziel - June 7, 1951 to December 31, 1955
- Commissioner Wycliffe Booth - January 1, 1955 to June 22, 1964
- Commissioner Edgar Grinsted - June 23, 1964 to June 2, 1967
- Commissioner Clarence D. Wiseman - June 3, 1967 to July 17, 1974
- Commissioner Arnold Brown - July 18, 1974 to July 4, 1977
- Commissioner John D. Waldron - July 5, 1977 to August 31, 1982
- Commissioner Arthur R. Pitcher - September 1, 1982 to December 31, 1984
- Commissioner Will Pratt - November 1, 1984 to June 30, 1990
- Commissioner Wesley Harris - July 1, 1990 to November 30, 1993
- Commissioner Roy J. Calvert - December 1, 1993 to September 30, 1994
- Commissioner Donald V. Kerr - October 1, 1994 to November 1, 1998
- Commissioner Norman Howe - November 2, 1998 to April 30, 2000
- Commissioner Bill Luttrell - March 1, 2000 to June 29, 2003
- Commissioner M. Christine MacMillan - June 30, 2003 to June 30, 2007
- Commissioner William Francis - Jul4 1, 2007 to June 30, 2011
- Commissioner Brian Peddle - July 2, 2011 to August 31, 2014
- Commissioner Susan McMillan - September 1, 2014 to September 30, 2019
- Commissioner Floyd Tidd - October 1, 2019 to August 31, 2023
- Commissioner Lee Graves - September 1, 2023 to present
The following is a cronologoical list of Territorial Leaders (Canada West Territory):
- Commissioner Charles Sowton - July 17, 1915 to October 31, 1919
- Commissioner William Eadie - November 1, 1919 to September 15, 1922
- Commissioner Henry C Hodder - September 16, 1922 to October 24, 1924
- Lieut. - Commissioner Charles Rich - October 25, 1924 to July 31, 1929
- Commissioner Robert Hoggard - August 1,1929 to November 14, 1930
- Commissioner Robert Henry - January 3, 1931 to July 1, 1932
