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The '''Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO)''' was an important British military position before [[1855]], when its duties were largely abolished.  Usually held by a serving General, the Master-General of the Ordnance was responsible for all British artillery, engineers, fortifications, military supplies, and much else, and was not subordinate to the [[Commander-in-Chief of the Forces|Commander in Chief]], the titular head of the British military.  The position was frequently a cabinet level one, especially in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The [[Board of Ordnance]], which had its headquarters in the [[Tower of London]], was abolished in [[1855]], but the title of Master-General still exists as the title of the Fourth Military Member of the [[Army Board]], who oversees procurement and research and development and usually holds the rank of [[Lieutenant General]].

==Masters-General of the Ordnance, 1544–1855==
*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 John Chicheley
::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 Earl Ligonier|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 Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan|Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan]] 1852–1855

[[Category:British Army]]