CHARLES, DUKE OF RICHMOND, K.G. Appointed 1 Jan. 1782 GEORGE, VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND Re-appointed 1 April 1783 CHARLES, DUKE OF RICHMOND, K.G. Re-appointed 1 Jan. 1784 CHARLES, MARQUIS CORNWALLIS Appointed 15 Feb. 1795 JOHN, EARL OF CHATHAM, K.G. Appointed 18 June 1801 LORD MOIRA Appointed 14 Feb. 1806 JOHN, EARL OF CHATHAM, K.G. Appointed 4 April 1807 HENRY, EARL MULGRAVE Appointed 5 May 1810 ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, K.G. Re-appointed 1 Jan. 1819 HENRY, MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, K.G. Re-appointed 1 April 1827 VISCOUNT BERESFORD, K.G. Re-appointed 28 April 1828 SIR JAMES KEMPT, G.C.B., G.C.H. Re-appointed 30 Nov. 1830 SIR G. MURRAY, G.C.B., G.C.H. Re-appointed 18 Dec. 1834 R. H., LORD VIVIAN, G.C.B. Re-appointed 4 May 1835 SIR G. MURRAY, G.C.B., G.C.H. Re-appointed 8 Sept. 1841 HENRY, MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, K.G. Re-appointed 8 July 1846 HENRY, VISCOUNT HARDINGE, G.C.B. Re-appointed 8 March 1852 FITZROY, LORD RAGLAN, G.C.B. Re-appointed 30 Sept 1852 On the abolition of the Board of Ordnance, the command of the Royal Artillery was given to the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces at that time, FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT HARDINGE, G.C.B. His successor (appointed Colonel of the Royal Artillery on the 10th May, 1861, and at this date holding that office) was H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c. &c., now Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief. ----- Footnote 1: Clode. CHAPTER II. THE INFANCY OF ARTILLERY IN ENGLAND. THE term Ordnance was in use in England before cannon were employed; and it included every description of warlike weapon. The artificers employed in the various permanent military duties were called officers of the Ordnance. The first record of cannon having been used in the field dates from Henry III.; and with the increasing skill of the founders the use of cannon speedily became more general. But the moral influence of the guns was far beyond their deserts. They were served in the rudest way, and their movements in the field and in garrison were most uncertain, yet they were regarded with superstitious awe, and received special names, such as "John Evangelist," the "Red Gun," the "Seven Sisters," "Mons Meg," &c. In proportion to the awe which they inspired was the inadequate moral effect produced on an army by the loss of its artillery, or by the capture of its enemy's guns.