Surveyor-General of the Ordnance

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British military office government office

The Surveyor-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and administrative officer responsible for overseeing the surveying, mapping, and technical aspects of artillery and fortifications under the Board of Ordnance.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance canonical	2
Surveyor General of Ireland	1
Surveyor General of the Ordnance	1
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance (Ireland)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military office ⓘ government office ⓘ
abolishedBy	abolition of the Board of Ordnance ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Army ⓘ Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ surface form: Royal Artillery Royal Engineers ⓘ
appointedBy	Crown of Great Britain ⓘ Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	mid-19th century ⓘ
employer	Board of Ordnance ⓘ
field	artillery ⓘ cartography ⓘ fortification ⓘ military administration ⓘ military engineering ⓘ
hasResponsibility	design of defensive works ⓘ inspection of ordnance stores ⓘ mapping for military purposes ⓘ oversight of military surveys in Britain ⓘ oversight of military surveys in British colonies ⓘ surveying of military sites ⓘ technical aspects of artillery ⓘ technical aspects of fortifications ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	senior officer of the Board of Ordnance ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ
influenced	development of British military cartography ⓘ early Ordnance Survey work ⓘ
isSubordinateTo	Board of Ordnance ⓘ Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Tower of London ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Christopher Wren ⓘ John Desaguliers ⓘ William Roy ⓘ
officeHolderMayBe	artillery officer ⓘ military engineer ⓘ
partOf	Board of Ordnance ⓘ
relatedTo	Ordnance Survey ⓘ Surveyor-General of the Ordnance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Surveyor-General of the Ordnance (Ireland)
replacedBy	War Office departments ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	British Empire ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ
seat	Tower of London ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Board of Ordnance → positionHeld → Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ⓘ

Surveyor-General of the Ordnance → relatedTo → Surveyor-General of the Ordnance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surveyor-General of the Ordnance (Ireland)

Storekeeper of the Ordnance → differentFrom → Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ⓘ

Sir William Parsons → positionHeld → Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surveyor General of Ireland

James Wyatt → positionHeld → Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surveyor General of the Ordnance