APPENDIX II:
Masters-General of the Ordnance in command of the Corps, since its formation in the year 1772.
| John, Marquis of Granby | 1 July, 1763. |
| George, Viscount Townsend | 1 Oct., 1772. |
| Charles, Duke of Richmond, K.G. | 1 Jan., 1782. |
| George, Viscount Townsend | 1 April, 1783. |
| Charles, Duke of Richmond, K.G. | 1 Jan., 1784. |
| Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, K.G. | 13 Feb., 1795. |
| John, Earl of Chatham, K.G. | 16 June, 1801. |
| Francis, Earl of Moira | 14 Feb, 1806. |
| John, Earl of Chatham, K.G. | 4 April, 1807. |
| Henry, Earl of Mulgrave | 5 May, 1810. |
| Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. | 1 Jan., 1819. |
| Henry, Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. | 1 April, 1827. |
| William Carr, Viscount Beresford, G.C.B., G.C.H. | 28 April, 1828. |
| Sir James Kempt, G.C.B., G.C.H. | 30 Nov., 1830. |
| Sir George Murray, G.C.B., G.C.H. | 18 Dec., 1834. |
| Richard Hussey, Lord Vivian, G.C.B., G.C.H. | 4 May, 1835. |
| Sir George Murray, G.C.B., G.C.H. | 8 Sept., 1841. |
| Henry, Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H. | 8 July, 1846. |
| Henry, Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B. | 8 Mar., 1852. |
| Fitzroy, Lord Raglan, G.C.B. | 30 Sept., 1852. |
The appointment of Master-General was abolished on the 25th May, 1855. The military control of the royal sappers and miners was consequently transferred to the General Commanding-in-Chief of the army; and the civil, to the Minister for War.
Chief Engineers and Inspectors-General of Fortifications, second in command of the Corps, from 1787. (From 1772 to 1788 the officers in command of companies corresponded direct with the Master-General and Board.)
| General Sir William Green, Bart. | 15 Nov., 1786.c |
| ” Robert Morse | 1 May, 1802. |
| ” Gother Mann | 23 July, 1811. |
| Major-General Sir Alexander Bryce, C.B., K.C.H. | 28 Oct., 1829. |
| ” Robert Pilkington | 5 Oct., 1832. |
| Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Mulcaster, K.C.H. | July, 1834. |
| ” Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. | July, 1845. |
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance.
| General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.B., during the absence of Lord Raglan in Turkey when the appointment was cancelled by transferring the control of the ordnance corps to the Commander-in-Chief and Minister for War. | 2 May, 1854 to 25 May, 1855, |