Master-General of the Ordnance

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Sir Thomas Seymour 	18 April 1544 	26 March 1547 	 	
Sir Philip Hoby 	26 March 1547 	11 May 1554 	 	
Sir Richard Southwell 	11 May 1554 	31 July 1559 	 	
Lord Ambrose Dudleyfrom 1561, the Earl of Warwick 	12 April 1560 	21 July 1585 	 	
The Earl of Warwick and Sir Philip Sidney 	21 July 1585 	17 October 1586 	 	
The Earl of Warwick 	17 October 1586 	21 February 1590 	 	
vacant 	21 February 1590 	19 March 1597 	 	
The Earl of Essex 	19 March 1597 	25 February 1601 	 	
vacant 	25 February 1601 	10 September 1603	 	
The Earl of Devonshire 	10 September 1603	3 April 1606 	 	
vacant 	3 April 1606 	27 June 1608 	 	
The Lord Carewfrom 1626, the Earl of Totnes 	27 June 1608 	27 March 1629 	 	
The Lord Vere of Tilbury 	27 March 1629 	2 September 1634 	 	
The Earl of Newport 	2 September 1634 	16 August 1661 	 	
Sir William Compton 	16 August 1661 	18 October 1663 	 	
in commission 	31 October 1664 	4 June 1670 	 	
Sir Thomas Chicheley 	4 June 1670 	23 June 1679 	Tory 	
in commission 	23 June 1679 	28 January 1682 	 	
George Leggefrom 1682, the Lord Dartmouth 	28 January 1682 	18 April 1689 	Tory 	
The Duke of Schomberg 	18 April 1689 	1 July 1690 	 	
vacant 	1 July 1690 	28 July 1693 	 	
The Viscount Sydneyfrom 1694, the Earl of Romney 	28 July 1693 	29 June 1702 	Whig 	
The Earl of Marlboroughfrom December 1702, the Duke of Marlborough	29 June 1702 	10 January 1712 	Tory, initially, but later associated with the Whigs	
The Earl Rivers 	10 January 1712 	18 April 1712 	Tory 	
The Duke of Hamilton 	5 September 	15 November 1712 	Tory 	
vacant 	15 November 1712 	4 October 1714 	 	
The Duke of Marlborough 	4 October 1714 	16 June 1722 	Whig 	
The Earl Cadogan 	30 June 1722 	3 June 1725 	Whig 	
The Duke of Argyll 	3 June 1725 	10 May 1740 	Whig 	
The Duke of Montagu 	10 May 1740 	20 February 1742 	Whig 	
The Duke of Argyll 	20 February 1742 	18 March 1742 	Whig 	
The Duke of Montagu 	18 March 1742 	6 July 1749 	Whig 	
vacant 	6 July 1749 	27 December 1755 	 	
The Duke of Marlborough 	27 December 1755 	20 October 1758 	Whig 	
vacant 	20 October 1758 	3 July 1759 	 	
Sir John Ligonier 	3 July 1759 	30 April 1763 	Whig 	
Marquess of Granby 	30 April 1763 	17 January 1770 	Whig 	
vacant 	17 January 1770 	28 October 1772 	 	
The Viscount Townshend 	28 October 1772 	6 April 1782 	Tory 	
The Duke of Richmond 	6 April 1782 	28 April 1783 	Whig 	
The Viscount Townshend 	28 April 1783 	5 January 1784 	Tory 	
The Duke of Richmond 	5 January 1784 	23 February 1795 	Tory 	
The Marquess Cornwallis 	23 February 1795 	28 August 1801 	Tory 	
The Earl of Chatham 	28 August 1801 	14 February 1806 	Tory 	
The Earl of Moira 	14 February 1806 	4 April 1807 	Whig 	
The Earl of Chatham 	4 April 1807 	5 May 1810 	Tory 	
The Lord Mulgravefrom 1812, the Earl of Mulgrave 	5 May 1810 	1 January 1819 	Tory 	
The Duke of Wellington 	1 January 1819 	10 May 1827 	Tory 	
The Marquess of Anglesey 	10 May 1827 	6 February 1828 	Tory 	
The Viscount Beresford 	6 February 1828 	22 November 1830 	Tory 	
Sir James Kempt 	11 December 1830 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	
Sir George Murray 	18 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Conservative 	
Sir Richard Hussey Vivianfrom 1841, the Lord Vivian 	4 May 1835 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
Sir George Murray 	9 September 1841 	27 June 1846 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Anglesey 	8 July 1846 	21 February 1852 	Whig 	
The Viscount Hardinge 	1 March 1852 	30 September 1852	Conservative 	
Lord Fitzroy Somersetfrom October 1852, the Lord Raglan 	30 September 1852	25 May 1855 	 	
The Ordnance Board was abolished in May 1855.