Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sir Thomas Seymour | 18 April 1544 | 26 March 1547 | ||
Sir Philip Hoby | 26 March 1547 | 11 May 1554 | ||
Sir Richard Southwell | 11 May 1554 | 31 July 1559 | ||
Lord Ambrose Dudley from 1561, the Earl of Warwick |
12 April 1560 | 21 July 1585 | ||
The Earl of Warwick and Sir Philip Sidney | 21 July 1585 | 17 October 1586 | ||
The Earl of Warwick | 17 October 1586 | 21 February 1590 | ||
vacant | 21 February 1590 | 19 March 1597 | ||
The Earl of Essex | 19 March 1597 | 25 February 1601 | ||
vacant | 25 February 1601 | 10 September 1603 | ||
The Earl of Devonshire | 10 September 1603 | 3 April 1606 | ||
vacant | 3 April 1606 | 27 June 1608 | ||
The Lord Carew from 1626, the Earl of Totnes |
27 June 1608 | 27 March 1629 | ||
The Lord Vere of Tilbury | 27 March 1629 | 2 September 1634 | ||
The Earl of Newport | 2 September 1634 | 16 August 1661 | ||
Sir William Compton | 16 August 1661 | 18 October 1663 | ||
in commission | 31 October 1664 | 4 June 1670 | ||
Sir Thomas Chicheley | 4 June 1670 | 23 June 1679 | Tory | |
in commission | 23 June 1679 | 28 January 1682 | ||
George Legge from 1682, the Lord Dartmouth |
28 January 1682 | 18 April 1689 | Tory | |
The Duke of Schomberg | 18 April 1689 | 1 July 1690 | ||
vacant | 1 July 1690 | 28 July 1693 | ||
The Viscount Sydney from 1694, the Earl of Romney |
28 July 1693 | 29 June 1702 | Whig | |
The Earl of Marlborough from December 1702, the Duke of Marlborough |
29 June 1702 | 10 January 1712 | Tory, initially, but later associated with the Whigs | |
The Earl Rivers | 10 January 1712 | 18 April 1712 | Tory | |
The Duke of Hamilton | 5 September | 15 November 1712 | Tory | |
vacant | 15 November 1712 | 4 October 1714 | ||
The Duke of Marlborough | 4 October 1714 | 16 June 1722 | Whig | |
The Earl Cadogan | 30 June 1722 | 3 June 1725 | Whig | |
The Duke of Argyll | 3 June 1725 | 10 May 1740 | Whig | |
The Duke of Montagu | 10 May 1740 | 20 February 1742 | Whig | |
The Duke of Argyll | 20 February 1742 | 18 March 1742 | Whig | |
The Duke of Montagu | 18 March 1742 | 6 July 1749 | Whig | |
vacant | 6 July 1749 | 27 December 1755 | ||
The Duke of Marlborough | 27 December 1755 | 20 October 1758 | Whig | |
vacant | 20 October 1758 | 3 July 1759 | ||
Sir John Ligonier | 3 July 1759 | 30 April 1763 | Whig | |
Marquess of Granby | 30 April 1763 | 17 January 1770 | Whig | |
vacant | 17 January 1770 | 28 October 1772 | ||
The Viscount Townshend | 28 October 1772 | 6 April 1782 | Tory | |
The Duke of Richmond | 6 April 1782 | 28 April 1783 | Whig | |
The Viscount Townshend | 28 April 1783 | 5 January 1784 | Tory | |
The Duke of Richmond | 5 January 1784 | 23 February 1795 | Tory | |
The Marquess Cornwallis | 23 February 1795 | 28 August 1801 | Tory | |
The Earl of Chatham | 28 August 1801 | 14 February 1806 | Tory | |
The Earl of Moira | 14 February 1806 | 4 April 1807 | Whig | |
The Earl of Chatham | 4 April 1807 | 5 May 1810 | Tory | |
The Lord Mulgrave from 1812, the Earl of Mulgrave |
5 May 1810 | 1 January 1819 | Tory | |
The Duke of Wellington | 1 January 1819 | 10 May 1827 | Tory | |
The Marquess of Anglesey | 10 May 1827 | 6 February 1828 | Tory | |
The Viscount Beresford | 6 February 1828 | 22 November 1830 | Tory | |
Sir James Kempt | 11 December 1830 | 14 November 1834 | Whig | |
Sir George Murray | 18 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | Conservative | |
Sir Richard Hussey Vivian from 1841, the Lord Vivian |
4 May 1835 | 30 August 1841 | Whig | |
Sir George Murray | 9 September 1841 | 27 June 1846 | Conservative | |
The Marquess of Anglesey | 8 July 1846 | 21 February 1852 | Whig | |
The Viscount Hardinge | 1 March 1852 | 30 September 1852 | Conservative | |
Lord Fitzroy Somerset from October 1852, the Lord Raglan |
30 September 1852 | 25 May 1855 |
The Ordnance Board was abolished in May 1855.