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
editIn 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 |
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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] |
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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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