Master-General of The Ordnance - Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Usually held by a serving general, the Master-General of the Ordnance was responsible for all British artillery, engineers, fortifications, military supplies, transport, field hospitals and much else, and was not subordinate to the commander-in chief of the British military. In 1764 it established the British standard ordnance weights and measurements for the artillery, one of the earliest standards in the world.