Office of the Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance | |
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Member of | Board of Ordnance (1597-1830) |
Reports to | Master-General of the Ordnance |
Appointer | Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council |
Term length | Not fixed (typically 3–9 years) |
Inaugural holder | Brian Hogg |
Formation | 1570-1830 |
The Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the Master-General of the Ordnance and a member of the Board of Ordnance from its constitution in 1597. He was responsible for keeping record of the number and kind of stores issued from the stocks of ordnance. The office was abolished in 1830.