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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]] from its constitution in 1597. Appointments to the post were made by the crown under [[Letters Patent]]. His duties were to examine the ordnance received to see that it was of good quality. He also came to be responsible for the mapping of fortifications and eventually of all [[Great Britain]], through the [[Ordnance Survey]], and it is this role that is generally associated with surveyor-generalship.
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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 body, from its constitution in 1597. Appointments to the post were made by the crown under [[Letters Patent]]. His duties were to examine the ordnance received to see that it was of good quality. He also came to be responsible for the mapping of fortifications and eventually of all [[Great Britain]], through the [[Ordnance Survey]], and it is this role that is generally associated with surveyor-generalship.


==History==
The post was for a time held with that of [[Chief Engineer (British Army)|Chief Engineer]], but after 1750 became a political office, with the holder changing with the government of the day.<ref>[[Whitworth Porter]], ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'', [http://www.archive.org/details/historycorpsroy01portgoog volume I] (London, 1889), page 168</ref>
The post was for a time held with that of [[Chief Engineer (British Army)|Chief Engineer]], but after 1750 became a political office, with the holder changing with the government of the day.<ref>[[Whitworth Porter]], ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'', [https://archive.org/details/historycorpsroy01portgoog volume I] (London, 1889), page 168</ref>


The office survived the dissolution of the Board of Ordnance in 1855, but was for some time vacant, the last holder, [[Lauderdale Maule]], having died of [[cholera]] in the [[Crimea]]. The [[War Office]] Act of 1870 revived the office, making the Surveyor-General responsible for all aspects of Army [[logistics]]. The office was filled until 1888, when it was abolished.
The office was vacant at the time the Board of Ordnance was abolished in 1855, the last holder, [[Lauderdale Maule]], having died of [[cholera]] on assignment with forces in [[Crimea]], on August 1, 1854.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Warden |first=Alex Johnston |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHjSAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Lauderdale+Maule%22&pg=PA62 |title=Angus Or Forfarshire: The Land and People, Descriptive and Historical |date=1885 |publisher=C. Alexander & Company |language=en}}</ref>


The [[War Office]] Act of 1870 revived the office, making the Surveyor-General the senior civilian adviser to the [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State]], responsible for all aspects of Army [[logistics]]. The position was expected to advise on highly complex matters of supply, transport, equipment and ordnance, and was meant to be a former senior military officer who could answer questions to Parliament and exercise strict control over expenditures on supplies and stores. The Surveyor-General was meant to oversee the Director of Artillery and Stores, the Director of Supplies and Transport, the Director of Clothing, the Director of Contracts and the [[Inspector-General of Fortifications]], as well as the controllers in each military district responsible to their respective major-generals.<ref>{{Citation |last=Spiers |first=Edward |title=The Late Victorian Army 1868–1914 |date=1992-03-12 |work=The Oxford History Of The British Army |pages=187–210 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192853332.003.0009 |access-date=2024-03-24 |publisher=Oxford University PressNew York, NY |doi=10.1093/oso/9780192853332.003.0009 |isbn=978-0-19-285333-2}}</ref>
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==Surveyors of the Ordnance==

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*5 February 1538: [[Henry Johnson]]

*23 January 1549: [[Anthony Roll|Anthony Anthony]]
The office was filled until 1888, when it was abolished.
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*25 June 1565: [[Henry Iden]]

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==Surveyors-General of the Ordnance==
*5 February 1538: [[Henry Johnson (surveyor)|Henry Johnson]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grummitt |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIthoIVk1lgC&dq=Ordnance+henry+johnson&pg=PA126 |title=The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558 |date=2008 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-1-84383-398-7 |language=en}}</ref>
*23 January 1549: [[Anthony Roll|Anthony Anthony]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Loades |first=D. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uW9QDwAAQBAJ&dq=Ordnance+anthony+anthony&pg=PA3 |title=The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Library 2991 and British Library Add MS 22047 with Related Material |date=2017-09-29 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-54670-6 |language=en}}</ref>
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*25 June 1565: [[Henry Iden]]<ref name=":0" />
*2 December 1568: [[Thomas Pynner]]
*2 December 1568: [[Thomas Pynner]]
*10 April 1570: ''vacant''
*10 April 1570: ''vacant''
*13 April 1570: [[William Jurden]]
*13 April 1570: [[William Jurden]]
*21 June 1595: [[William Partridge]]
*21 June 1595: [[William Partridge (surveyor)|William Partridge]]
*21 June 1598: ''vacant''
*21 June 1598: ''vacant''
*3 February 1599: [[John Davies (poet)|John Davies]] (knighted 12 July 1599)
*3 February 1599: [[John Davies (poet, born 1569)|John Davies]] (knighted 12 July 1599)
*17 July 1602: [[John Linewray]] (knighted 10 July 1604)
*17 July 1602: [[John Linewray]] (knighted 10 July 1604)
*11 June 1606: [[Joseph Earth]]
*11 June 1606: [[Joseph Earth]]
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*27 September 1625: [[Alexander Brett|Sir Alexander Brett]]
*27 September 1625: [[Alexander Brett|Sir Alexander Brett]]
*29 October 1627: ''vacant''
*29 October 1627: ''vacant''
*3 December 1627: [[Thomas Bludder|Sir Thomas Bludder]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=BLUDDER, Sir Thomas (c.1597-1655), of Flanchford, Reigate, Surr. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/bludder-sir-thomas-1597-1655 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
*3 December 1627: [[Thomas Bludder|Sir Thomas Bludder]]
*8 April 1628: [[Sir Paul Harris, 2nd Baronet|Sir Paul Harris]] (succeeded as 2nd Baronet January 1629)
*8 April 1628: [[Sir Paul Harris, 2nd Baronet|Sir Paul Harris]] (succeeded as 2nd Baronet January 1629)
*''Interregnum; post occupied by:
*''Interregnum; post occupied by:''
**[[George Payler]], March 1643 to December 1658
**[[George Payler]], March 1643 to December 1658
**[[Elia Palmer]], in 1660''
**[[Elia Palmer]], in 1660
*22 June 1660: [[Francis Nicholls (surveyor-general)|Francis Nicholls]]
*22 June 1660: [[Francis Nicholls (surveyor-general)|Francis Nicholls]]
*28 July 1669 (or before): ''vacant''
*28 July 1669 (or before): ''vacant''
*13 November 1669: [[Jonas Moore]] (knighted 28 January 1673)
*13 November 1669: [[Jonas Moore|Jonas Moore I]] (knighted 28 January 1673)
*25 August 1679: [[Jonas Moore]] (II) (knighted 9 August 1680)
*25 August 1679: [[Jonas Moore (died 1682)|Jonas Moore II]] (II) (knighted 9 August 1680)
*13 July 1682: ''vacant''
*13 July 1682: ''vacant''
*29 July 1682: Sir [[Bernard de Gomme]]
*29 July 1682: Sir [[Bernard de Gomme]]
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*25 April 1742: ''vacant''
*25 April 1742: ''vacant''
*30 April 1742: [[Thomas Lascelles (British Army officer)|Thomas Lascelles]]
*30 April 1742: [[Thomas Lascelles (British Army officer)|Thomas Lascelles]]
*10 April 1750: [[Charles Frederick]]
*10 April 1750: [[Charles Frederick (MP)|Charles Frederick]]
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*February 1770: [[Thomas Desaguliers]]
*13 May 1782: The Hon. [[Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester|Thomas Pelham]]
*13 May 1782: The Hon. [[Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester|Thomas Pelham]]
*20 May 1783: [[John Courtenay (MP)|John Courtenay]]
*20 May 1783: [[John Courtenay (1738–1816)|John Courtenay]]
*22 May 1784: The Hon. [[James Luttrell]]
*22 May 1784: The Hon. [[James Luttrell]]
*23 December 1788: ''vacant''
*23 December 1788: ''vacant''
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*3 July 1852: [[George Berkeley (British Army officer)|Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley]]
*3 July 1852: [[George Berkeley (British Army officer)|Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley]]
*18 January 1853: The Hon. [[Lauderdale Maule]]
*18 January 1853: The Hon. [[Lauderdale Maule]]
*1 August 1854: ''vacant''; duties performed by the [[Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance]], [[Hew Dalrymple Ross|Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross]]<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=24119|title=Ross, Sir Hew Dalrymple (1779–1868)}}</ref>
*1 August 1854: ''vacant''
*6 June 1855: ''abolished''
*5 August 1870: [[Henry Storks|Sir Henry Storks]]
*5 August 1870: [[Henry Storks|Sir Henry Storks]]
*26 February 1874: [[Lord Eustace Cecil]]
*26 February 1874: [[Lord Eustace Cecil]]
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Latest revision as of 05:28, 27 April 2024

For Surveyor-General of the Ordnance in Ireland, see Irish Board of Ordnance.

Office of the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
Board of Ordnance Arms preserved on a gun tampion in Gibraltar
v
Member ofBoard of Ordnance (1538-1888)
Reports toMaster-General of the Ordnance
AppointerPrime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term lengthNot fixed (typically 3–9 years)
Inaugural holderHenry Johnson
Formation1538-1888

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. Appointments to the post were made by the crown under Letters Patent. His duties were to examine the ordnance received to see that it was of good quality. He also came to be responsible for the mapping of fortifications and eventually of all Great Britain, through the Ordnance Survey, and it is this role that is generally associated with surveyor-generalship.

History

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The post was for a time held with that of Chief Engineer, but after 1750 became a political office, with the holder changing with the government of the day.[1]

The office was vacant at the time the Board of Ordnance was abolished in 1855, the last holder, Lauderdale Maule, having died of cholera on assignment with forces in Crimea, on August 1, 1854.[2]

The War Office Act of 1870 revived the office, making the Surveyor-General the senior civilian adviser to the Secretary of State, responsible for all aspects of Army logistics. The position was expected to advise on highly complex matters of supply, transport, equipment and ordnance, and was meant to be a former senior military officer who could answer questions to Parliament and exercise strict control over expenditures on supplies and stores. The Surveyor-General was meant to oversee the Director of Artillery and Stores, the Director of Supplies and Transport, the Director of Clothing, the Director of Contracts and the Inspector-General of Fortifications, as well as the controllers in each military district responsible to their respective major-generals.[3]


The office was filled until 1888, when it was abolished.

Surveyors-General of the Ordnance

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The office was abolished in 1888.

References

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  1. ^ Whitworth Porter, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, volume I (London, 1889), page 168
  2. ^ Warden, Alex Johnston (1885). Angus Or Forfarshire: The Land and People, Descriptive and Historical. C. Alexander & Company.
  3. ^ Spiers, Edward (12 March 1992), "The Late Victorian Army 1868–1914", The Oxford History Of The British Army, Oxford University PressNew York, NY, pp. 187–210, doi:10.1093/oso/9780192853332.003.0009, ISBN 978-0-19-285333-2, retrieved 24 March 2024
  4. ^ Grummitt, David (2008). The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84383-398-7.
  5. ^ a b Loades, D. M. (29 September 2017). The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Library 2991 and British Library Add MS 22047 with Related Material. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-54670-6.
  6. ^ "BLUDDER, Sir Thomas (c.1597-1655), of Flanchford, Reigate, Surr. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Ross, Sir Hew Dalrymple (1779–1868)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24119. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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