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Board of Ordnance The Board of Ordnance was a British government body. Established in the Tudor period, it had its headquarters in the Tower of London. Its primary responsibilities were 'to act as custodian of the lands, depots and forts required for the defence o ...

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Master-General of the Ordnance The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO) was a very senior British military position from 1415 to 2013 (except 1855–1895 and 1939–1958) with some changes to the name, usually held by a serving general. The Master-General of the Ordnance was ...

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Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

'' , appointer_qualified = Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council , termlength = Not fixed (typically 3–9 years) , inaugural = John Rogers , formation = 1554-1857 , website= The Clerk of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the

and a member of the

from its constitution in 1597. He was responsible for the correspondence and for the financial bookkeeping of the Board. The office was abolished in 1857.

Clerks of the Ordnance (pre-Restoration)

*28 February 1554: John Rogers *9 February 1560: William Painter *21 June 1595: Sir Stephen Riddlesden (d. 1607) *18 July 1603:

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(''joint'') *12 June 1623: Francis Morrice *30 September 1635: Edward Sherburne (Senior) *December 1641: Edward Sherburne (junior)

Clerks of the Ordnance (Parliamentary)

*bef. 1643: John White *1656:

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*bef. 1660: Thomas Nicholls

Clerks of the Ordnance (post-Restoration)

*1660:

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*bef. 7 August 1689: John Swaddell *26 March 1690:

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*15 May 1696: Christopher Musgrave *2 December 1714: Edward Ashe *19 March 1718: Thomas White *31 May 1733: Leonard Smelt *19 December 1740: William Rawlinson Earle *8 December 1772: Sir Charles Cocks, 1st Baronet *13 May 1782: Gibbs Crawfurd *20 May 1783: Humphrey Minchin *1 March 1784: Gibbs Crawfurd *11 February 1794: John Sargent *30 June 1802: William Wellesley-Pole *22 February 1806: John Calcraft *7 April 1807: William Wellesley-Pole *29 July 1807: Cropley Ashley-Cooper *14 June 1811:

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*29 April 1823:

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*18 May 1827:

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*4 September 1828:

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*13 December 1830: Charles Tennyson *16 February 1832: Thomas Francis Kennedy *4 December 1832: William Leader Maberly *30 June 1834: Sir Andrew Leith Hay *30 December 1834: Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen *25 April 1835: Sir Andrew Leith Hay *28 March 1838:

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*28 June 1841: George Anson *13 September 1841: Henry George Boldero *14 August 1845: Lord Arthur Lennox *14 July 1846: George Anson *4 March 1852:

Francis Plunkett Dunne Major-General Rt Hon. Francis Plunkett Dunne, PC(Ire), (died 1874), was an Irish landowner, officer in the British Army, and member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, where he was sometimes known as 'the Honourable Member for the Army' beca ...

*15 January 1853:

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References

*http://www.history.ac.uk/office/ordnance.html Military history of the United Kingdom Ordnance Senior appointments of the British Army War Office