The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance[1] was a member of the British
Board of Ordnance and the deputy of the
Master-General of the Ordnance. The office was established in 1545, and the holder was appointed by the crown under
letters patent. It was abolished in 1855 when the Board of Ordnance was subsumed into the
War Office.
^Sainty, J. C.
"Ordnance Lieutenant 1545-1855". Institute of Historical Research. University of London, May 2002. Archived from
the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.