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History[edit]

  • 26 May 1716: Warrant creating regular Corps of Engineers: 1 Chief Engineer; 3 Directors; 6 engineers in ordinary; 6 engineers extraordinary; 6 sub-engineers; 6 practitioner engineers. (Porter p 142)
  • 22 August 1717: Warrant creating establishments abroad: 1 Chief Engineer at Great Britain; 2 directors in GB, 1 in Minorca; 2 sub-directors in GB, 1 at Gibraltar; 6 engineers in ordinary in GB, 1 at Gibraltar; 6 engineers extraordinary in GB, 1 in Minorca; 6 sub-engineers in GB, 1 in Minorca; 6 practitioner engineers in GB (Porter p 142-3, but cf. 165-6)
  • these ranks were only gradually filled after vacancies or promotions in the old list of engineers (Porter p 144, 147, 156
  • 16 Dec 1755: addition of eight practitioners (Porter p 172)
  • 14 May 1757: grant of military commissions (Porter, p180-1)
  • 3 March 1759: new establishment: 1 chief engineer, 2 directors, 4 sub-directors, 12 engineers in ordinary, 12 engineers extraordinary, 14 sub-engineers and 16 practitioners (Porter p 188)
  • 1770s changes (Porter p 202)

Officers[edit]

In 1778: http://www.archive.org/stream/listofgeneralfie00grea#page/206/mode/2up

Name Practitioner
Ensign		 Sub-Engineer
Lieutenant		 Engineer Extraordinary
Capt-Lieutenant		 Engineer in Ordinary
Captain		 Sub-Director
Major		 Director
Lieut-Colonel		 Colonel Notes
William Skinner by 1757[1] Chief Engineer
John Henry Bastide by 1757[1]
Justly Watson by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
Dugal Campbell by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
James Montressor by 1757[1] 4 Jan 1758[3] 25 Jun 1772 (A)[4]
William Cunningham by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Archibald Patoun by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Leonard Smelt by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
John Armstrong by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
Patrick Mackellar by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5]
David Watson by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
Charles Rivers by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
James Bramham by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5] Chief Engineer; died 1786[6]
John Hardesty by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
William Green by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5]
22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]		 Chief Engineer 15 Nov 1786[6]
Matthew Dixon by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
William Eyres by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
George Morrison by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
John Archer by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
George Watson/Weston by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Harry Gordon by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
John Brewse by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
Hugh Debbeig by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
John Baugh by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Richard Dawson by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2] 10 Sep 1777 (A)[5]
22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
Richard Dudgeon by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
William Bontein by 1757[1] by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Robert Clerk by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
John Manson by 1757[1] left the Corps by 1759[2]
Charles Hubert Herriot by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Thomas Walker by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Adam Williamson by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Thomas Sowers by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Thomas Wilkinson by 3 Mar 1759[2]
John Williams by 3 Mar 1759[2]
George Garth by 3 Mar 1759[2]
John Phipps by 3 Mar 1759[2] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7] 15 Nov 1786[6]
William Spry by 3 Mar 1759[2] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
William Dundas by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Robert George Bruce by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Augustus Durnford by 3 Mar 1759[2]
David Dundas 21 Dec 1755[8] by 3 Mar 1759[2] resigned from the Corps 9 Sep 1759[8]
Thomas Bassett by 3 Mar 1759[2] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7] died 1788[9]
William Roy by 3 Mar 1759[2] 22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]
Charles Tarrant by 3 Mar 1759[2]
John Christopher Eiser by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Richard Muller by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Thomas Lefanu by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Archibald Campbell by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Patrick Ross by 3 Mar 1759[2]
John Montressor by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Thomas Craskell by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Henry Watson by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Samuel Beardesly by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Robert Morse 24 Sep 1757 (A)
8 Feb 1758 (E)[10]		 10 Sep 1757[10] 6 May 1763[10] 30 Oct 1775[10] 1 Jan 1783[10]
22 Feb 1783 (E)[7]		 6 Jun 1788[9]
Joseph Heath by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Abi. D'Aubant by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Frederick George Mulcaster by 3 Mar 1759[2] 15 Nov 1786[6]
Elias Durnford by 3 Mar 1759[2]
William Green by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Alexander Mercer by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Andrew Frazer by 3 Mar 1759[2] 6 Jun 1788[9]
John Marr by 3 Mar 1759[2] died 1786[6]
Gilbert Townsend by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Archibald Robertson by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Daniel Slack by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Abraham Welsh by 3 Mar 1759[2]
Andrew Durnford 6 Jun 1788[9]
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  3. ^ http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19079
  4. ^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/11260/pages/1
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/11804/pages/1
  6. ^ a b c d e http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/12804/pages/551
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/12416/pages/2
  8. ^ a b http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8247
  9. ^ a b c d http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/13002/pages/306
  10. ^ a b c d e http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19335
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