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MASTERS-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE, 1544&NDASH;1855

Sir Thomas Seymour 1544–1547

Sir Philip Hoby 1547–1554

Sir Richard Southwell 1554–1559

Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl Of Warwick 1560–1585

Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick jointly with Sir Philip Sidney 1585–1586

Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick 1586–1590

vacant 1590–1597

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl Of Essex 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 1629–1634

Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl Of Newport 1634–1661

Sir William Compton 1661–1663

in commission 1664–1670

William Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley

::Sir John Duncombe
:: Thomas Chicheley

Sir Thomas Chicheley 1670–1679

in commission 1679–1682

::Sir William Hickman, 2nd Bt.
::Sir Christopher Musgrave

George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth 1682–1688

Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke Of Schomberg 1689–1690

vacant 1690–1693

Henry Sydney, 1st Earl Of Romney 1693–1702

John Churchill, 1st Duke Of Marlborough 1702–1712

Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers 1712

James Douglas, 4th Duke Of Hamilton 1712

vacant 1712–1714

John Churchill, 1st Duke Of Marlborough 1714–1722

William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan 1722–1725

John Campbell, 2nd Duke Of Argyll 1725–1740

John Montagu, 2nd Duke Of Montagu 1740–1742

John Campbell, 2nd Duke Of Argyll 1742

John Montagu, 2nd Duke Of Montagu 1742–1749

vacant 1749–1755

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke Of Marlborough 1755–1758

vacant 1758–1759

John Ligonier, 1st Viscount Ligonier 1759–1763

John Manners, Marquess Of Granby 1763–1770

vacant 1770–1772

George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend 1772–1782

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke Of Richmond 1782–1783

George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend 1783–1784

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond 1784–1795

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis 1795–1801

John Pitt, 2nd Earl Of Chatham 1801–1806

Francis Rawdon Hastings, 2nd Earl Of Moira 1806–1807

John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham 1807–1810

Henry Phipps, 1st Earl Of Mulgrave 1810–1819

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Of Wellington 1819–1827

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess Of Anglesey 1827–1828

William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford 1828–1830

Sir James Kempt 1830–1834

Sir George Murray 1834–1835

Sir Richard Hussey Vivian , 1st Bt. 1835–1841

Sir George Murray 1841–1846

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess Of Anglesey 1846–1852

Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge 1852

Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan 1852–1855