Irish Board of Ordnance

The Board of Ordnance in the Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1800) performed the equivalent duties of the British Board of Ordnance: supplying arms and munitions, overseeing the Royal Irish Artillery and the Irish Engineers, and maintaining the fortifications in the island.

Following the Acts of Union 1800, the Board was abolished and the duties taken over by the United Kingdom Board of Ordnance. The various officials of the Board were compensated with pensions for their loss of salary and emoluments.

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Master-General of the Ordnance

Salary in 1800: £1,500^[1]

In 1539: Sir John Travers
1559–1587: Edward Maria Wingfield
1588: Sir George Carew^[2]
1592: Sir George Bourchier^[3]
1605: Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison^[4]
1614: ...
1617: Toby Caulfeild, 1st Baron Caulfeild
1627: William Caulfeild, 2nd Baron Caulfeild
1634: Sir John Borlase^[5] (jointly with Sir Thomas Lucas)
1648: Roger Boyle, 1st Baron Broghill^[6]
...
1660: Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander^[7]
1663: Sir Robert Byron^[8]
1674: Sir Thomas Chicheley (also Master-General of the Ordnance in England)^[9]
1679: Francis Aungier, 1st Earl of Longford^[10]
1684: William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy^[11]
1692: William Wolseley^[12]
1698: Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander^[7]
1705: Richard Ingoldsby^[13]
1712: Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
1714: William Stewart, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy^[14]
1727: François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montandre
1739: Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth^[15]
1758: James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
1766: Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon^[16]
1770: Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda
1797: Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton^[17]
1800: Thomas Pakenham

Pakenham was granted compensation of £1,200 per annum after the Union.^[18]

Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance

Salary in 1800: £600^[19]

1660: Sir Albert Conyngham^[20]
1687: John Giles^[21]
1689: William Mansel Barker (Jacobite)^[22]
1692: Francis Cuffe
1695: Chidley Coote^[23]^[24]
1698: Jermyn Wyche^[25]
1702: Chidley Coote
1706: Thomas Burgh^[26]
1714: Richard Molesworth^[15]
bef 1738: Edward Hill^[27]
...
1759: Bernard Hale
1789: Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton^[17]
1797: Thomas Pakenham
1800: Marcus Beresford^[28]

Beresford was granted compensation of £600 per annum after the Union.^[18]

Surveyor-General of the Ordnance

Salary in 1800: £450^[19]

in 1704: George Houghton^[24]
in 1738: Peter Virasell
by 1760: Ralph Ward
1789: Thomas Pakenham^[29]
1797: Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet^[30]
1799: Robert Uniacke

Uniacke was granted compensation of £1,206 13s. per annum after the Union.^[31]

Clerk of the Ordnance

Salary in 1800: £300^[19]

1691–aft. 1705: Edward Payne^[24]
...
bef. 1722–aft. 1738: Hector Pain^[27]
by 1760: Joseph Keene
1788: Isaac Corry^[32]
1789: Richard Magenis^[29]
1800: Ponsonby Tottenham^[33]

Tottenham was granted compensation of £487 2s. 6d. per annum after the Union.^[34]

Principal Storekeeper

Salary in 1800: £200^[19]

1691: Hugh Rowley
in 1738: John Favier^[27]
1748: Thomas Coote
1768: John Creighton^[35]
1775: Thomas Coghlan
1788: Thomas Pakenham
1789: Thomas Loftus^[29]
1792: Richard Archdall^[36]
1797: Charles Handfield
1798: Henry Alexander
1799: John Hobson

Hobson was granted compensation of £616 13s. 9d. per annum after the Union.^[31]

Clerk of the Deliveries

Salary in 1800: £200^[37]

by 1760: John Gustavus Handcock
1767: John Magill
1775: Robert Tighe
1789: Edward King
1789: Robert Wynne^[29]

Wynne was granted compensation of £400 per annum after the Union.^[34]

Treasurer

Salary in 1800: £200^[37]

by 1760: John Chaigneau
1779: Thomas Burgh^[38]

Burgh was granted compensation of £500 per annum after the Union.^[34]

Secretary to the Master-General

Salary in 1800: £182 10s.^[37]

by 1760: Peter Bere
1766: Robert Pratt
1770: Henry Meredyth
1789: John Armit^[29]
1800: Joseph Atkinson

Atkinson was granted compensation of £520 3s. 6d. per annum after the Union.^[34]

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Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Bath, Earl of (E, 1536 – 1654) Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine in Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

[4] [4]
Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Grandison, Viscount (I, 1621) in Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

[5] [5]
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[6] [6]
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[cracroftMA-7] [7]
Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Mount Alexander, Earl of (I, 1661–1757) Archived 31 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine in Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

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John Lodge and Mervyn Archdall, The Peerage of Ireland, volume VI (Dublin 1789) page 256

[molesworth-15] [15]
Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Molesworth, Viscount (I, 1716) Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine in Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

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Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Shannon, Earl of (I, 1756) Archived 15 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine in Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

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Irish Board of Ordnance

Master-General of the Ordnance

Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance

Surveyor-General of the Ordnance

Clerk of the Ordnance

Principal Storekeeper

Clerk of the Deliveries

Treasurer

Secretary to the Master-General

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Irish Board of Ordnance

Master-General of the Ordnance

Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance

Surveyor-General of the Ordnance

Clerk of the Ordnance

Principal Storekeeper

Clerk of the Deliveries

Treasurer

Secretary to the Master-General

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Officials of the Board of Ordnance

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