Colonel (United States) to a governor's staff, but without military rights or duties. Famous honorary colonels include Colonel Harland Sanders of KFC fame, a Kentucky colonel; Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, who received the honor from a Louisiana governor; and Edward M. House, known as Colonel House, a Texas honorary colonel and adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. Colonel (United States) In the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, colonel () is the most senior field grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and immediately below the rank of brigadier general. It is equivalent to the naval
John Barrington (British Army officer) John Barrington (British Army officer) Major-General John Barrington (died 2 April 1764) was an officer of the British Army, the third son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington. He served in the 3rd Foot Guards, and in 1746 he obtained the commission of captain-lieutenant in the 2nd Foot Guards, in which corps he was promoted to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1748. In 1756 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and appointed aide-de-camp to King George II. In 1758 the King gave him the colonelcy of the 64th Regiment of Foot, then formed from the second