THE MASTER-GUNNERS OF ENGLAND. 
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SUCCESSION LIST OF THE MASTER-GUNNERS OF ENGLAND. 
Reign. 
Date of 
Appt. 
Name. 
War Services, &c. 
James II. 
1685-1688 
C 1685. John Fawcett, appointed Deputy of 
< Mader-Gunner of England at 5s. for field 
( service train. 
Wm. and 
Mary. 
1689-1702 
f 1688. The Master-Gunner of England 
(Captain Richard Leake) took the field against 
William of Orange : and this appears to have 
been the last occasion of the Master-Gunner 
of England being employed in such capacity 
on active service in the field. The Master- 
Gunner of England was included in the train 
of artillery, 1691, to accompany Marl¬ 
borough’s army to the Continent; but he was 
omitted from the revised details of the train 
actually embarked in 1698, probably on 
account of his advanced age, but three deputies 
or “ mates ” to the Master-Gunner of Eng¬ 
land were on this occasion provided, with 
extra pay of £45 each per annum, viz.:— 
Mr. John Leake, Master-Gunner (son of the 
Master-Gunner of England), who remained at 
home. 
J Mr. Thos. Dodge, Master-Gunner, who em¬ 
barked with the artillery train of Marlborough’s 
army in 1693 (promoted “ Gentleman of the 
Ordnance” in 1696 for distinguished services). 
Mr. Thomas Silver, Master-Gunner, who 
embarked 1698 “to attend the bomb vessels ” 
(promoted Captain for distinguished services, 
and subsequently became Master-Gunner of 
England'). 
1689. Frederick, Duke of Schomberg, 
appointed Master-General of the Ordnance. 
The Duke was killed in the battle of the 
Boyne; and was succeeded as M.G.O. by 
Henry, Viscount Sydney, who was in turn 
succeeded, in 1694 by Henry, Earl of 
Romney. 
1696. Captain Richard Leake, Master- 
Gunner of England, died at Woolwich; and 
^was buried in Woolwich Church. 
^ The Master-Gunnership of England now 
enters a new phase by becoming a substantial 
-= honorarium holden by an Artillery Officer of 
high rank in addition to the pay and allow¬ 
ances of his army rank—a precedent, which 
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