Master-General of The Ordnance - Post-1855

Post-1855

Post vacant from 1855 to 1904
Holders of the post have included:

• Lieutenant General Sir James Murray (1904–1907)
• Major General Sir Charles Hadden (1907–1913)
• Major General Sir Stanley Von Donop (1913–1916)
• Lieutenant General Sir William Furse (1916–1919)
• Lieutenant General Sir John Du Cane (1920–1923)
• Lieutenant General Sir Noel Birch (1923–1927)
• Lieutenant General Sir Webb Gillman (1927–1931)
• Lieutenant General Sir Ronald Charles (1931–1934)
• Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Elles (1934–1938)

The post was abolished by Hore-Belisha, the Secretary of State for War, as he perceived it to be a block on production, transferring tank development responsibility to the Director General of Munitions Development. It was not reinstated until 1959

• Lieutenant General Sir John Cowley (1960–1962)
• General Sir Cecil Sugden (1962–1963)
• Lieutenant General Sir Charles Jones (1963–1966)
• Lieutenant General Sir Charles Richardson (1966–1971)
• General Sir Noel Thomas (1971–1974)
• General Sir John Gibbon (1974–1977)
• General Sir Hugh Beach (1977–1981)
• General Sir Peter Leng (1981–1983)
• General Sir Richard Vincent (1983–1987)
• General Sir John Stibbon (1987–1991)
• General Sir Jeremy Blacker (1991–1995)
• Lieutenant General Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce (1995–1998)
• Major General David Jenkins (1998–2000)
• Major General Peter Gilchrist (2000–2004)
• Major General Andrew Figgures (2004–2006)
• Major General Dick Applegate (June 2006-November 2006)
• Major General Chris Wilson (2006-2010)
• Major-General Bill Moore (2010-2011)
• Major-General Nick Pope (2011-Present)