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Master-General of the Ordnance

Index 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. [1]

95 relations: Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Andrew Figgures, Army Board, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Artillery, Board of Ordnance, British standard ordnance weights and measurements, Cabinet (government), Cecil Sugden, Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Charles Hadden, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, Charles Leslie Richardson, Charles Phibbs Jones, Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, Christopher Morris (Master of the Ordnance), Christopher Wilson (British Army officer), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, David Henderson (British Army officer), David Jenkins (British Army officer), Dick Applegate, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, General (United Kingdom), George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, George Murray (British Army officer), George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Henry Lee of Ditchley, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, Hugh Beach, Hugh Elles, Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, James Kempt, James Wolfe Murray, Jeremy Blacker, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, John Chicheley, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, John Cowley (British Army officer), John Duncombe, John Gibbon (British Army officer), ..., John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, John Manners, Marquess of Granby, John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, John Philip Du Cane, John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, John Stibbon, King-in-Council, Leslie Hore-Belisha, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, Military engineering, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport, Nicholas Merbury, Nicholas Pope (British Army officer), Noel Birch, Noel Thomas, Peter Gilchrist, Peter Leng, Philip Hoby, Philip Sidney, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Richard Guildford, Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, Richard Southwell (courtier), Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Robert Hayman-Joyce, Ronald Charles, Secretary of State for Defence, Secretary of State for War, Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet, Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet, Stanley Brenton von Donop, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, Thomas Chicheley, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Thomas Vaughan (died 1483), United Kingdom, Webb Gillman, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, William Compton (army officer), William Furse, William Moore (British Army officer), William Skeffington. Expand index (45 more) »

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.

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Andrew Figgures

Lieutenant General Andrew Collingwood Figgures CB CBE FREng (born 13 November 1950) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

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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.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister.

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Artillery

Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.

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Board of Ordnance

The Board of Ordnance was a British government body.

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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.

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Cabinet (government)

A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the top leaders of the executive branch.

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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.

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Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy

Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, KG (pronounced Blunt; 15633 April 1606) was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I, then as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under King James I. He succeeded to the family title of Baron Mountjoy in 1594, before commanding the Crown's forces during the final years of Tyrone's Rebellion.

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG, PC (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.

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Charles Hadden

Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden KCB (1854–1924) was a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance.

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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, was a British Army officer and politician.

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Charles Leslie Richardson

General Sir Charles Leslie Richardson GCB CBE DSO (11 August 1908 – 7 February 1994) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in World War II and later reached high office in the 1950s.

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Charles Phibbs Jones

General Sir Charles Phibbs Jones (1906–1988) was a British Army general who reached high office in the 1950s.

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Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, (22 November 1706 – 20 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 from the Spencer family.

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Christopher Morris (Master of the Ordnance)

Sir Christopher Morris (c. 1490 – 3 September 1544), also known as Morice or Mores, was an English soldier and military administrator during the reign of Henry VIII.

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Christopher Wilson (British Army officer)

Major-General Christopher Colin Wilson CB CBE is a former British Army officer who became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance.

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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 the professional head of the English Army from 1660 to 1707 (the English Army, founded in 1645, was succeeded in 1707 by the new British Army, incorporating existing Scottish regiments) and of the British Army from 1707 until 1904.

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David Henderson (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson, (11 August 1862 – 17 August 1921) was the senior leader of British military aviation during the First World War, having previously established himself as the leading authority on tactical intelligence in the British Army.

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David Jenkins (British Army officer)

Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

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Dick Applegate

Lieutenant General Richard Arthur David Applegate CB OBE (born 20 March 1955) is a former Quartermaster-General and Master-General of the Ordnance to the Army.

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FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer.

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François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre

Field Marshal François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre, also known as Francis de La Rochefoucauld, (September 1672 - 11 August 1739) was a British soldier, who arrived in England as a Huguenot refugee.

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Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings

Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, as The Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, and known as The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish British politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823.

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Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

Friedrich Hermann von Schönberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, 1st Count of Mertola, KG (French: Frédéric-Armand; Portuguese: Armando Frederico; 6 December 1615 – 1 July 1690) was a marshal of France and a General in the British and Portuguese Army.

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General (United Kingdom)

General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers of the British Army.

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George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes

George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (29 May 1555 – 27 March 1629), known as Sir George Carew between 1586 and 1605 and as The Lord Carew between 1605 and 1626, served under Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed President of Munster.

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George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth

Admiral George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth PC (c. 1647 – 1691) was an English naval commander who gave distinguished service to both Charles II and James II.

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George Murray (British Army officer)

Sir George Murray (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.

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George Townshend, 1st Marquess 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.

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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge

Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British Army officer and politician.

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Henry Lee of Ditchley

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.

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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Field Marshal 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.

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Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

General Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave GCB, PC (14 February 1755 – 7 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.

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Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney

Henry Sydney (or Sidney), 1st Earl of Romney (8 April 1641 – 8 April 1704) was an English politician and army officer.

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Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury

Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565 – 2 May 1635) (also Horatio Vere or Horatio de Vere) was an English military leader during the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War, a son of Geoffrey Vere and brother of Francis Vere.

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Hugh Beach

General Sir William Gerald Hugh Beach, (born 20 May 1923) is a former British Army officer who, in retirement, researches and advises on defence policy, arms control and disarmament, with an active interest in promoting concerns about ethical issues of peace and war.

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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 World War I.

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Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron 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.

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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, the Premier Peer of Scotland, and Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

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James Kempt

General Sir James Kempt, (c. 1765 – 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.

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James Wolfe Murray

Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray (13 March 1853 – 17 October 1919) was a British Army officer who served in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War, Second Boer War and First World War.

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Jeremy Blacker

General Sir Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker KCB CBE (6 May 1939 – 17 March 2005) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.

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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.

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John Chicheley

Rear Admiral Sir John Chicheley (c. 1640 – 20 March 1691) was a Royal Navy officer.

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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 reigns of five monarchs.

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John Cowley (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir John Guise Cowley, (20 August 1905 – 7 January 1993) was a British Army officer and George Cross recipient who reached high office in the 1950s.

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John Duncombe

Sir John Duncombe (1622 – 4 March 1687) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.

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John Gibbon (British Army officer)

General Sir John Houghton Gibbon (21 September 1917 – 1997) was a British soldier who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1974 until his retirement in 1977.

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John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier

Field Marshal John (Jean Louis) Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, (7 November 168028 April 1770) was a French-born British soldier.

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John Manners, Marquess of Granby

Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby (2 January 1721 – 18 October 1770) was a British soldier and the eldest son of the 3rd Duke of Rutland.

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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.

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John Philip Du Cane

General Sir John Philip Du Cane, (5 May 1865 – 5 April 1947) was a British Army general.

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John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British soldier and politician.

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John Stibbon

General Sir John James Stibbon KCB, OBE (5 January 1935 – 9 February 2014) was a senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1987 to 1991.

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King-in-Council

The King-in-Council or Queen-in-Council, depending on the gender of the reigning monarch, is a constitutional term in a number of states.

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Leslie Hore-Belisha

Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister.

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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.

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Military engineering

Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and communications.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MoD or MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

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Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport

Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (c. 1597–1666), created Baron Mountjoy in the Irish peerage (1617), Baron Mountjoy of Thurveston in the English peerage (1627) and Earl of Newport (1628) was appointed master of ordnance to Charles I of England (1634) and played an ambiguous part in the early years of the English Civil War.

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Nicholas Merbury

Nicholas Merbury (died 1421) was an English administrator, Member of Parliament and first Master of the Ordnance.

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Nicholas Pope (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Nicholas ('Nick') Arthur William Pope, (born 1962) is a British Army officer who currently serves as Deputy Chief of the General Staff.

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Noel Birch

General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch (29 December 1865 – 3 February 1939) was a British Artillery Officer during the Second Boer War and World War I and subsequently Master-General of the Ordnance.

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Noel Thomas

General Sir (John) Noel Thomas KCB DSO MC (28 February 1915 – 16 March 1983) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.

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Peter Gilchrist

Major General Peter Gilchrist (born 28 February 1952) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 2000 to 2004.

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Peter Leng

General Sir Peter John Hall Leng, (9 May 1925 – 11 February 2009) was a British Army General & Master-General of the Ordnance (1981–1983) & Counter Terrorism Expert in Northern Ireland.

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Philip Hoby

Sir Philip Hoby (also Hobby or Hobbye) (1505 – 31 May 1558) was a 16th-century English Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire and Flanders.

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Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the United Kingdom government.

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Richard Guildford

Sir Richard Guildford (also spelt Guilford), KG (c. 1450 – 1506) was an English courtier who held important positions at the court of Henry VII, including the office of Master of the Ordnance.

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Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers

Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC (ca. 1654 – 18 August 1712) was the second son of Thomas, 3rd Earl and his first wife Elizabeth Scrope.

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Richard Southwell (courtier)

Sir Richard Southwell PC (c. 1502/1503 – 11 January 1564) was an English Privy Councillor.

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Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill

Field Marshal Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill, (born 23 August 1931) is a retired British Army officer.

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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 Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599.

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Robert Hayman-Joyce

Lieutenant General Sir Robert John Hayman-Joyce (born 16 October 1940) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

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Ronald Charles

Lieutenant-General Sir James Ronald Edmonstone Charles, KCB, CMG, DSO (1875–1955) was a British officer in the Royal Engineers.

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Secretary of State for Defence

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Defence (Defence Secretary) is an official within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Ministry of Defence.

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Secretary of State for War

The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British cabinet-level position, first held by Henry Dundas (appointed in 1794).

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Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet

Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet (c. 1632 – 29 July 1704) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1704, and briefly became Father of the House in 1704 as the member with the longest unbroken service.

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Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Hickman.

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Stanley Brenton von Donop

Major-General Sir Stanley Brenton von Donop (1860–1941) was a British Army officer who became Master-General of the Ordnance.

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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.

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Thomas Chicheley

Sir Thomas Chicheley (25 March 1614 – 1 February 1699) was a politician in England in the seventeenth century who fell from favour in the reign of James II.

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Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG (c. 1508 – 20 March 1549) was the brother of the English queen Jane Seymour who was the third wife of King Henry VIII and mother of King Edward VI.

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Thomas Vaughan (died 1483)

Sir Thomas Vaughan (c. 1410 – June 1483) was a Welsh statesman and diplomat, who rose to prominence before and during the Wars of the Roses.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Webb Gillman

General Sir Webb Gillman, (26 October 1870 – 20 April 1933) was a British Army general during the First World War.

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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, (2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician.

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William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan

William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, (c.1671 – 17 July 1726) was a noted Irish military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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William Compton (army officer)

Sir William Compton (1625–1663) was an English royalist army officer.

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William Furse

Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse (1865–1953) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.

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William Moore (British Army officer)

Major-General William ('Bill') Hewitt Moore CBE (born 24 February 1958) is a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance.

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William Skeffington

Sir William Skeffington (c. 1465 – 31 December 1535), was a Lord Deputy of Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master-General_of_the_Ordnance

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