Board of Ordnance

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British government department military administrative body

The Board of Ordnance was a British government body responsible for supplying, maintaining, and managing military equipment, fortifications, and artillery until its abolition in the 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Board of Ordnance engineers	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government department ⓘ military administrative body ⓘ
abolished	1855 ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	administrative reforms of the Crimean War period ⓘ
hadRole	maintenance of fortifications ⓘ production of maps ⓘ storage of gunpowder ⓘ supply of weapons ⓘ training of artillery officers ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tower of London ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ Early modern period ⓘ
inception	15th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	British Army ⓘ Royal Navy shore establishments ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
notableOfficeHolder	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond ⓘ Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ⓘ
oversaw	Royal Engineers ⓘ surface form: Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners Ordnance Survey ⓘ Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ surface form: Royal Artillery Royal Engineers ⓘ Royal Gunpowder Mills ⓘ Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ⓘ Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield ⓘ surface form: Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Woolwich Arsenal Gatehouse ⓘ surface form: Woolwich Arsenal
partOf	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
positionHeld	Clerk of the Ordnance ⓘ Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ Principal Storekeeper ⓘ Storekeeper of the Ordnance ⓘ Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ⓘ Treasurer of the Ordnance ⓘ
replacedBy	Board of Admiralty ⓘ War Office ⓘ
responsibleFor	artillery ⓘ fortifications ⓘ mapping and surveying ⓘ military engineering ⓘ military stores ⓘ ordnance supply ⓘ
usedFacility	Purfleet powder magazines ⓘ Tower of London ⓘ surface form: Tower of London armouries Upnor Castle magazines ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

John Whitehurst → employer → Board of Ordnance ⓘ

RA → foundedBy → Board of Ordnance ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Regiment of Artillery

RE → hasPredecessor → Board of Ordnance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Board of Ordnance engineers

Royal Engineers → hasPredecessor → Board of Ordnance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Board of Ordnance engineers

Woolwich → historicallyAssociatedWith → Board of Ordnance ⓘ

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich → operatedBy → Board of Ordnance ⓘ

Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield → operatedBy → Board of Ordnance ⓘ

Royal Army Ordnance Corps → precededBy → Board of Ordnance ⓘ