Editing Master-General of the Ordnance (section)

==Masters-General of the Ordnance, 1544–1855==
Source: [http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/ordnance-master Institute of Historical Research]
[[File:Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.png|thumb|''[[Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (Lawrence)|Portrait of the Duke of Wellington]]'' by [[Thomas Lawrence]]. Wellington held the post between 1819 and 1827.]]
* Sir [[Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley|Thomas Seymour]] 1544–1547
* Sir [[Philip Hoby]] 1547–1554
* Sir [[Richard Southwell (courtier)|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
* [[Henry Lee (died 1611)|Sir Henry Lee]] 1590–1597
* [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]] 1597–1601
* ''vacant 1601–1603''
* [[Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy|Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire]] 1603–1606
* ''vacant 1606–1608''
* [[George Carew (Ireland)|George Carew, 1st Lord Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes]] (1626) 1608–1629
* [[Horace Vere|Horace Vere, 1st Lord Vere of Tilbury]] 1629–1634
* [[Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport]] 1634–1661
* Sir [[William Compton (army officer)|William Compton]] 1661–1663
* ''in commission 1664–1670''
::[[William Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley]]
::Sir [[John Duncombe (Bury St Edmunds MP)|John Duncombe]]
::[[Thomas Chicheley]]
* Sir [[Thomas Chicheley]] 1670–1679
* ''in commission 1679–1682''
::Sir [[John Chicheley]]
::[[Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet|Sir William Hickman, Bt.]]
::[[Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet|Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt]]
* [[George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth]] 1682–1688
* [[Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg]] 1689–1690
* ''vacant 1690–1693''
* [[Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney]] 1693–1702
* [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]] 1702–1712
* [[Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers]] 1712
* [[James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton]] 1712
* ''vacant 1712–1714''
* [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]] 1714–1722
* [[William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan]] 1722–1725
* [[François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montandre]] 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, 1st Marquess Townshend|George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend]] 1772–1782
* [[Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond]] 1782–1783
* [[George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend|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 Baron Raglan|Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan]] 1852–1855