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...
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of the Master-General of the Ordnance was a department within the British War Office. Created in 1855 to replace some of the duties of the Board of Ordnance...
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Master-General of the Ordnance is a role in the British Army. It may also refer to: Master-General of the Ordnance (India) Master-General of the Ordnance...
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which thus consisted of: Two overseers: Master (later Master-General) of the Ordnance (head of the board and commander-in-chief of the corps) Lieutenant...
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follows: 'The English Ordnance Department goes back into an older history than the Army. There were Master Generals of the Ordnance and Boards of Ordnance centuries...
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The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO) is a very senior military position in the Indian Army held by a serving lieutenant general. Government of India...
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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...
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Duke of Schomberg KG PC (6 December 1615 – 1 July 1690) was a German-born military officer and peer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from...
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The Master-General of the Ordnance (Swedish: Generalfälttygmästare, Gftm) was the title of a senior military official who was an artillery general and...
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1st Earl of Romney (March 1641 – 8 April 1704) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1693...
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Master-General of the Ordnance is a senior position in the General Staff of the Sri Lanka Army, the post is a head by a senior officer of the Major General...
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position of privilege as a royal uncle and as a reward for his services, Seymour was made Master-General of the Ordnance in 1544 and Lord Warden of the Cinque...
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George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (category British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
down as Master-General of the Ordnance in March 1782 when the Marquess of Rockingham came to power but, having been promoted to full general on 26 November...
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forces led by the Earl of Mar at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Afterwards he served as Lord Steward and then Master-General of the Ordnance under the Walpole–Townshend...
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promised the reversion of the post to the Duke of Cumberland, but obtained Granby's retention as Master-General of the Ordnance in the new Rockingham ministry...
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taking the post of Master-General of the Ordnance. Under the Wellington ministry, he accepted the appointment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in February...
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FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Truro)
Tory Member of Parliament for Truro, before becoming Master-General of the Ordnance. He became commander of the British troops sent to the Crimea in 1854:...
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Lazarus the Society of the Holy Cross the Trinitarian Order certain secular titles and offices, such as Master-General of the Ordnance This disambiguation...
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The Master General of Ordnance (or MGO) of the Pakistan Army is one of the five principal officers assisting the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army...
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Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander 1663: Sir Robert Byron 1674: Sir Thomas Chicheley (also Master-General of the Ordnance in England) 1679: Francis...
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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. The office was...
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since 2016). See article on Quartermaster-General to the Forces See article on Master-General of the Ordnance See article on Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces...
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Peter Leng (category British Army generals)
General Sir Peter John Hall Leng, KCB MBE MC (9 May 1925 – 11 February 2009) was a British Army General and Master-General of the Ordnance (1981–1983)...
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Argentine Naval Prefecture) Master-General of the Ordnance (very senior British military position) Police General (most senior rank of the Philippine National...
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In January 1784 he joined the First Pitt the Younger Ministry as Master-General of the Ordnance; in this role he reformed the Department, introducing salaries...
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George Murray (British Army officer) (redirect from George Murray (Governor-General))
France ; Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and twice Master-General of the Ordnance. He was Governor of this College from 1819 to 1824. The Murray River and...
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montandre (category British Army personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
at the Siege of Badajoz and at the Battle of Alcantara during the War of the Spanish Succession. He went on to be Master General of the Ordnance in Ireland...
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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (redirect from William Carr Beresford, Viscount, Baron Beresford of Albuera and Dungarvan, Duke de Elvas Beresford)
held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First Wellington ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires. William...
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John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (category British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
the Austrian Succession. During the Seven Years' War, he also served as Master-General of the Ordnance, effectively acting as Minister of War for the...
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Master-General of the Ordnance, a Knight of the Garter and Captain-General of her armies at home and abroad. Lady Marlborough was made Groom of the Stool...
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