The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO) was a very senior
British
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
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military position from 1415 to 2013 (except 1855–1895 and 1939–1958) with some changes to the name, usually held by a serving
general
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
. The Master-General of the Ordnance was responsible for all British
artillery
Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during siege ...
,
engineers
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, fortifications, military supplies, transport, field hospitals and much else, and was not subordinate to the
commander-in chief of the British military. In March 2013 the holder was titled as "Director Land Capability and Transformation", but still sat on the
Army Board
The Army Board is the top single-service management committee of the British Army, and has always been staffed by senior politicians and soldiers. Until 1964 it was known as the Army Council.
Membership of the Board
The composition is as follo ...
as Master-General of the Ordnance; in September 2013 the post was eliminated.
History
The Office of Armoury split away from the Privy Wardrobe of the Tower (of London) in the early 15th century. The Master of the Ordnance came into being in 1415 with the appointment of
Nicholas Merbury
Nicholas Merbury (died 1421) was an English administrator, Member of Parliament and first Master of the Ordnance.
He was probably the son of Sir Thomas Merbury of Northamptonshire. He was the brother of Sir Laurence Merbury, Lord Treasurer of ...
by Henry V. The Office of Ordnance was created by Henry VIII in 1544 and became the
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 ...
in 1597. Its head was the Master-General of the Ordnance; his subordinates included the
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance
The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a member of the British Board of Ordnance and the deputy of the Master-General of the Ordnance. The office was established in 1545, and the holder was appointed by the crown under letters patent. It w ...
and the
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
The Surveyor-General of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the Master-General of the Ordnance and a member of the Board of Ordnance, a British government body, from its constitution in 1597. Appointments to the post were made by the crown under Le ...
. Before the establishment of a standing army or navy, the Ordnance Office was the only permanent military department in England. In 1764 it established the
British standard ordnance weights and measurements The British standard ordnance weights and measurements for the artillery were established by the Master General of Ordnance in 1764, and these were not altered until 1919, when the metric system was additionally introduced.
This system has largely ...
for the artillery, one of the earliest standards in the world.
The position of Master-General was frequently a
cabinet
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* Filing ...
-level one, especially in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when it was normally a political appointment. In 1855 the post was discontinued and certain of the ceremonial aspects of the post were subsequently vested in the
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
The Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, later Commander-in-Chief, British Army, or just the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), was (intermittently) the professional head of the English Army from 1660 to 1707 (the English Army, founded in 1645, was suc ...
. In 1904, the post was re-established, and until 1938 the Master-General of the Ordnance was the Fourth Military Member of the
Army Board
The Army Board is the top single-service management committee of the British Army, and has always been staffed by senior politicians and soldiers. Until 1964 it was known as the Army Council.
Membership of the Board
The composition is as follo ...
.
In 1913, the control of military aviation was separated from the responsibilities of the Master-General of the Ordnance. A new Department of Military Aeronautics was established and
Brigadier-General Henderson was appointed the first director.
In March 2013, the holder was titled as "Director Land Capability and Transformation" but still sat on the army board as Master-General of the Ordnance. In September 2013, the post was abolished.
Masters of the Ordnance 1415–1544
*
Nicholas Merbury
Nicholas Merbury (died 1421) was an English administrator, Member of Parliament and first Master of the Ordnance.
He was probably the son of Sir Thomas Merbury of Northamptonshire. He was the brother of Sir Laurence Merbury, Lord Treasurer of ...
, 1415–1420
*
John Hampton
John Stephen Hampton (c. 1806 – 1 December 1869) was Governor of Western Australia from 1862 to 1868.
Early life
Little is known of John Hampton's early life. His death certificate states that he was born in 1810, but other evidence suggest ...
1429
* William Gloucestre, 1435
* Gilbert Par, 1437
[
* Thomas Vaughan 1450
* John Judde 1456–1460 (murdered 1460)
* Philip Herveys c.1461
* ]Richard Guildford
Sir Richard Guildford (alias ''Guilford, Guldeford'', etc.), KG (c. 1450 – 1506) was an explorer, naval commander, and English courtier who held important positions at the court of Henry VII, including the office of Master of the Ordnance.
L ...
1485–1494
* Robert Clifford 1495– (died 1508)
* Sir Sampson Norton 1511–1513
* Sir Henry Willoughby 1513
* Sir William Skeffington
Sir William Skeffington (c. 146531 December 1535) was an English knight who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland.
Early life
William Skeffington was born in Skeffington Hall, Leicestershire, the eldest son of Thomas Skeffington by his wife, Mary. ...
1529–1535
* Bernardin de Valois (Bernadyne de Wallys) 1536
* Sir Christopher Morris 1537–1544
Masters-General of the Ordnance, 1544–1855
Source
Institute of Historical Research
* Sir Thomas Seymour 1544–1547
* Sir Philip Hoby
Sir Philip Hoby (also Hobby or Hobbye) Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (1505 – 31 May 1558) was a 16th-century English people, English Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire and Flanders.
Early life
He was born probably at Leominster, E ...
1547–1554
* Sir Richard Southwell 1554–1559
* Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 1530 – 21 February 1590) was an English nobleman and general, and an elder brother of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Their father was John Dudley, Duke ...
1560–1585
* Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick jointly with Sir Philip Sidney
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philip ...
1585–1586
* Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick 1586–1590
* Sir Henry Lee
Sir Henry Lee KG (March 1533 – 12 February 1611), of Ditchley, was Queen's Champion and Master of the Armouries under Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Family
Henry Lee, born in Kent in March 1533, was the grandson of Sir Robert Lee (d.1539 ...
1590–1597
* Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a ...
1597–1601
* ''vacant 1601–1603''
* Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire 1603–1606
* ''vacant 1606–1608''
* George Carew, 1st Lord Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (1626) 1608–1629
* Horace Vere, 1st Lord Vere of Tilbury 1629–1634
* Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport
Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport, to 12 February 1666, was an English courtier and politician, who held a number of positions under Charles I of England and supported the Royalists in the First English Civil War.
Personal details
Mountjoy ...
1634–1661
* Sir William Compton 1661–1663
* ''in commission 1664–1670''
:: William Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
::Sir John Duncombe
::Thomas Chicheley
Sir Thomas Chicheley (25 March 1614 – 1 February 1699) of Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire was a politician in England in the seventeenth century who fell from favour in the reign of James II. His name is sometimes spelt as Chichele.
Life
He was ...
* Sir Thomas Chicheley
Sir Thomas Chicheley (25 March 1614 – 1 February 1699) of Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire was a politician in England in the seventeenth century who fell from favour in the reign of James II. His name is sometimes spelt as Chichele.
Life
He was ...
1670–1679
* ''in commission 1679–1682''
::Sir John Chicheley
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:: Sir William Hickman, Bt.
:: Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt
* George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
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1682–1688
* Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
Friedrich Hermann von Schönberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, 1st Count of Mertola, (french: Frédéric-Armand; pt, Armando Frederico; 6 December 1615 – 1 July 1690) was a Marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army. He was ...
1689–1690
* ''vacant 1690–1693''
* Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney
Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney (also spelt Sydney; March 1641 – 8 April 1704) was an English Whig politician, soldier and administrator. He is now best remembered as one of the Immortal Seven who drafted the Invitation to William of Ora ...
1693–1702
* John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reign ...
1702–1712
* Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers
General Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC (ca. 1654 – 18 August 1712) was an English nobleman and soldier who was a senior Army officer in the English and then British Army. The second son of Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers and his first wi ...
1712
* James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
Lieutenant General James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon (11 April 1658 – 15 November 1712) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician. Hamilton was a major investor in the failed Darien Scheme, which cost many of ...
1712
* ''vacant 1712–1714''
* John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reign ...
1714–1722
* William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
William Cadogan (-1726), 1st Earl Cadogan, an Irish-born British Army officer, began his active military service during the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689 and ended it with the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. A close associate an ...
1722–1725
* François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montandre
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
1725
* John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army. He served on the contine ...
1725–1740
* John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, (1690 – 5 July 1749), styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British peer.
Life
Montagu was an owner of a coal mine.
Montagu went on the grand tour wi ...
1740–1742
* John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army. He served on the contine ...
1742
* John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, (1690 – 5 July 1749), styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British peer.
Life
Montagu was an owner of a coal mine.
Montagu went on the grand tour wi ...
1742–1749
* ''vacant 1749–1755''
* Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, (22 November 170620 October 1758), styled as The Honourable Charles Spencer between 1706 and 1729 and as The Earl of Sunderland between 1729 and 1733, was a British soldier, nobleman, and politician fr ...
1755–1758
* ''vacant 1758–1759''
* John Ligonier, 1st Viscount Ligonier 1759–1763
* John Manners, Marquess of Granby
Lieutenant-General (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby, (2 January 1721 – 18 October 1770) was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British soldier and the eldest son of the John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, 3rd Duk ...
1763–1770
* ''vacant 1770–1772''
* George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend
Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (28 February 172414 September 1807), known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier and politician. After serving at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of t ...
1772–1782
* Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
Field Marshal Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Aubigny, (22 February 1735 – 29 December 1806), styled Earl of March until 1750, of Goodwood House in Sussex and of Richmond House in London, was a British ...
1782–1783
* George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend
Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (28 February 172414 September 1807), known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier and politician. After serving at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of t ...
1783–1784
* Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
Field Marshal Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Aubigny, (22 February 1735 – 29 December 1806), styled Earl of March until 1750, of Goodwood House in Sussex and of Richmond House in London, was a British ...
1784–1795
* Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as the Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army general and official. In the United S ...
1795–1801
* John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, also 2nd Viscount Pitt and 2nd Baron Chatham, (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British soldier and politician. He spent a lengthy period in the cabinet but is best known for commanding the dis ...
1801–1806
* Francis Rawdon Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, (9 December 175428 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira b ...
1806–1807
* John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, also 2nd Viscount Pitt and 2nd Baron Chatham, (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British soldier and politician. He spent a lengthy period in the cabinet but is best known for commanding the dis ...
1807–1810
* Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
General Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, (14 February 17557 April 1831), styled The Honourable Henry Phipps until 1792 and known as The Lord Mulgrave from 1792 to 1812, was a British soldier and politician. He notably served as Foreign Secr ...
1810–1819
* Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister o ...
1819–1827
* Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member ...
1827–1828
* William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
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1828–1830
* Sir James Kempt
General Sir James Kempt, ( – 20 December 1854) was a British Army officer, who served in the Netherlands, Egypt, Italy, the Peninsula, and British North America during the Napoleonic Wars. He led a British brigade at the Battle of Waterloo and ...
1830–1834
* Sir George Murray
Sir George Murray (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.
Background and education
Murray was born in Perth, Scotland, the second son of Sir William Murray, of Ochtertyre, 5th Baronet (see Murra ...
1834–1835
* Sir Richard Hussey Vivian
Lieutenant General Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (28 July 177520 August 1842), known as Sir Hussey Vivian from 1815 to 1828 and Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt, from 1828 to 1841, was a British cavalry leader from the Vivian family.
Early caree ...
, 1st Bt. 1835–1841
* Sir George Murray
Sir George Murray (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.
Background and education
Murray was born in Perth, Scotland, the second son of Sir William Murray, of Ochtertyre, 5th Baronet (see Murra ...
1841–1846
* Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member ...
1846–1852
* Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry. After ...
1852
* Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan 1852–1855
1855–1894
''The post did not exist for the period 1855 to 1894.
Inspector-General of the Ordnance 1895 to 1899
''In 1895 the post was revived, but re-styled Inspector-General.''
Included:
* Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Markham
Edwin Markham (born Charles Edward Anson Markham; April 23, 1852 – March 7, 1940) was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.
Life
Edwin Markham was born in Oregon City, Oregon, and was the youngest of 10 children; ...
, April 1895 – December 1898
Director-General of the Ordnance 1899 to 1904
Included:
* General Sir Henry Brackenbury, February 1899 – February 1904
Master-General of the Ordnance 1904 to 1938
Holders of the post have included:
* Lieutenant-General Sir James Murray (1904–1907)
* Major-General Sir Charles Hadden
Sir Charles Frederick Hadden (2 June 1854 – 13 September 1924) was a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance.
Early life and education
Hadden was born in Nottingham, the son of Charles Stanton Hadden, a Ceylon coffee ...
(1907–1913)
* Major-General Sir Stanley von Donop (1913–1916)
* Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse (1916–1919)
* Lieutenant-General Sir John Du Cane (1920–1923)
* Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Birch
General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch (29 December 1865 – 3 February 1939) was a British Royal Artillery officer during the Second Boer War and World War I and subsequently Master-General of the Ordnance. The Birch gun was named after him. ...
(1923–1927)
* Lieutenant-General Sir Webb Gillman
General Sir Webb Gillman, (26 October 1870 – 20 April 1933) was a British Army general during the First World War.
Personal life
Webb Gillman was born on 26 October 1870 in Galle, Ceylon, the second son of Herbert Webb Gillman CCS and Anni ...
(1927–1931)
* Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Charles
Lieutenant General Sir James Ronald Edmondston Charles, (26 June 1875 – 24 December 1955) was a senior British Army officer in the Royal Engineers.
Family
Charles was born in Calcutta, British India, the son of Thomas Edmondston Charles, la ...
(1931–1934)
* Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Elles
Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles (27 May 1880 – 11 July 1945) was a British officer and the first commander of the newly formed Tank Corps during the First World War.
Early life
Born in British India on 27 May 1880, Hugh Jamieson E ...
(1934–1938)
1939–1958
The post was abolished by Leslie Hore-Belisha
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, the Secretary of State for War
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, as he perceived it to be a block on production, transferring tank development responsibility to the Director General of Munitions Development. It was not re-instated until 1959.
Master-General of the Ordnance 1960 to 2013
* Lieutenant-General Sir John Cowley (1960–1962)
* General Sir Cecil Sugden
General Sir Cecil Stanway Sugden (4 December 1903 – 25 March 1963) was a senior British Army officer who became Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Educated at Brighton College, Sugden was commissioned as a second lieutenant into ...
(1962–1963)
* Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Jones (1963–1966)
* Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Richardson (1966–1971)
* General Sir Noel Thomas
General Sir (John) Noel Thomas KCB DSO MC (28 February 1915 – 16 March 1983) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Thomas was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1936.
He served in World War II latterly as Commande ...
(1971–1974)
* General Sir John Gibbon
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Early life
Gibbon was born in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fourt ...
(1974–1977)
* General Sir Hugh Beach
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(1977–1981)
* General Sir Peter Leng
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Military service
Leng was born in 1925 in Sunderland ...
(1981–1983)
* General Sir Richard Vincent (1983–1987)
* General Sir John Stibbon
General (United Kingdom), General Sir John James Stibbon, (5 January 1935 – 9 February 2014) was a senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1987 to 1991.
Early life
Stibbon and his twin sister were born in ...
(1987–1991)
* General Sir Jeremy Blacker
General Sir Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker KCB CBE (6 May 1939 – 17 March 2005) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Educated at Sherborne School, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and the Royal Military Academy Sandhur ...
(1991–1995)
* Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce
Lieutenant General Sir Robert John Hayman-Joyce (born 16 October 1940) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Hayman Joyce was commissioned into the 11th Hussars in 1963.
He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal H ...
(1995–1998)
* Major General David Jenkins (1998–2000)
* Major General Peter Gilchrist (2000–2004)
* Major General Andrew Figgures
Lieutenant General Andrew Collingwood Figgures CB CBE FREng (born 13 November 1950) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.
Military career
Educated at Loughborough Grammar School, Welbeck College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Fig ...
(2004–2006)
* Major-General Dick Applegate
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(June 2006 – November 2006)
* Major General Chris Wilson (2006–2010)
* Major General Bill Moore (2010–2011)
''Post holders official dual title was: Director Land Capability and Transformation and Master-General of the Ordnance''
* Major General Nick Pope (2011–2013)
References
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