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The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO) is a very senior British military position, usually held by a serving general. The Master-General of the Ordnance is responsible for all British artillery, engineers, fortifications, military supplies, transport, field hospitals and much else, and is not subordinate to the commander-in chief of the British military. Between 1855, and 1904, the post did not exist. ==History== The Office of Armoury split away from the Privy Wardrobe of the Tower (of London) in the early 15th century. The Master of the Ordnance came into being in 1415 with the appointment of Nicholas Merbury by Henry V. The Office of Ordnance was created by Henry VIII in 1544 and became the Board of Ordnance in 1597. Its head was the Master-General of the Ordnance; his subordinates included the Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance and the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Board of Ordnance )〕 Before the establishment of a standing army or navy, the Ordnance Office was the only permanent military department in England. The position of Master-General was frequently a cabinet-level one, especially in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when it was normally a political appointment. In 1855 the post was discontinued and certain of the ceremonial aspects of the post were subsequently vested in the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. In 1904 the post was re-established and until 1938 the Master-General of the Ordnance was the Fourth Military Member of the Army Board.〔(''The Army in 1906: A Policy and a Vindication'' By Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, Page 481 ) Bibliobazaar, 2008, ISBN 978-0-559-66499-1〕 In 1913 the control of military aviation was separated from the responsibilities of the Master-General of the Ordnance. A new Department of Military Aeronautics was established and Brigadier-General Henderson was appointed the first director. In 1764 it established the British standard ordnance weights and measurements for the artillery, one of the earliest standards in the world.. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Master-General of the Ordnance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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