Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)

The Ordnance Committee was constituted in 1881. It was later amalgamated with the Ordnance Research Board to form the Ordnance Board in 1907.

Presidents

• Commodore, Second Class Arthur W. Craig, 1 February, 1919.

Vice-Presidents

• Rear-Admiral Edward H. Howard, 1881.
• Rear-Admiral Thomas le H. Ward, 1 May, 1884.
• Rear-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson, 1 June, 1887.
• Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile, 12 June, 1890.
• Rear-Admiral Henry F. Cleveland, 21 May, 1891.
• Rear-Admiral Archibald L. Douglas, 1 February, 1896.
• Rear-Admiral Albert B. Jenkings, 15 January, 1898.
• Rear-Admiral Charles C. Drury, 1 June, 1900.
• Rear-Admiral Alfred A. C. Parr, 5 June, 1902.
• Rear-Admiral Randolph F. O. Foote, 1 July, 1905.

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• Captain Cuthbert E. Hunter, 4 December, 1915.

Naval Members

• Captain Morgan Singer, 1881.^{[Citation needed]}
• Captain Cyprian A. G. Bridge, 14 February, 1881.
• Captain Hector B. Stewart, 1881.^{[Citation needed]}
• Captain Albert B. Jenkings, 6 May, 1884.
• Captain Archibald L. Douglas, 22 August, 1887.
• Captain Charles C. Drury, 28 January, 1893.
• Captain Alfred A. C. Parr, 12 May, 1894.
• Captain Henry J. May, 28 May, 1896.
• Captain John R. Jellicoe, 9 January, 1897.
• Captain Henry M. T. Tudor, 27 January, 1898.
• Captain Henry D. Barry, 5 January, 1899.
• Captain Randolph F. O. Foote, 18 September, 1900.
• Captain Arthur Barrow, 1 April, 1903.
• Captain Morgan Singer, 9 June, 1904.
• Captain Randolph F. O. Foote, 14 July, 1904.
• Captain Arthur H. Limpus, 1 July, 1905.
• Captain Richard H. Peirse, 30 October, 1907.

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• Captain Cuthbert E. Hunter, 4 December, 1915.

Assistant Secretaries

• Major C. H. Ellis, R.A., 1881.^{[Citation needed]}
• Commander Henry J. May, 27 September, 1882.
• Commander Frank C. Younghusband, 1886.^{[Citation needed]}
• Commander Barrington H. Chevallier, 1887.^{[Citation needed]}
• Commander Richard B. Farquhar, 24 August, 1896.
• Commander Arthur W. Waymouth, 17 January, 1899.
• Commander Douglas L. Dent, 1 September, 1902.
• Commander Percival H. Warleigh, 15 July, 1907.