Master Gunner, St James's Park

The Master Gunner (of), St James's Park is the ceremonial head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and channel of communication between the Regiment and the Captain General (Queen Elizabeth II).

The appointment was instituted in 1678 and originally known as Master Gunner of Whitehall & St James's Park. The earlier Master Gunners were responsible for the artillery defence of Whitehall Palace and the Palace of Westminster.

The appointment of Master Gunner, St James's Park is held by a distinguished Royal Artillery Officer selected by the Queen in her capacity as Captain General, on the advice of the Colonels Commandant of the regiment and has honorary status over all other Commonwealth Artilleries.

The appointment of Master Gunner, St James's Park should not be confused with that of Master Gunner, which is an appointment of Warrant Officers.

List of Master Gunners

Whitehall & St. James's Park

Captain Thomas Silver	1678–1710
Lieutenant Colonel Jonas Watson	1710–1741

St. James's Park

Lieutenant Colonel James Deal	1742–1760
Major-General Joseph Brome	1760–1769
Held by a non-commissioned officer	1770–1783
Major-General Joseph Walton	1783–1808
Lieutenant General Sir John Macleod GCH	1808–1833
Major General Sir Alexander Dickson GCB KCH	1833–1840
General Sir Robert Gardiner GCB KCH	1840–1864
Field Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross GCB	1864–1868
General William Wylde CB	1868–1877
General Sir John Bloomfield GCB	1877–1880
General Poole Vallancey England	1880–1884
General Sir John St. George GCB	1884–1891
General Sir Collingwood Dickson VC GCB	1891–1904
Field Marshal The Earl Roberts VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE	1904–1914
General Sir Robert Biddulph GCB GCMG	1914–1918
Major General Francis William Ward CB	1918–1919
General Sir Edward Francis Chapman KCB	1919–1926
General The Lord Horne GCB KCMG	1926–1929
Field Marshal The Lord Milne GCB GCMG DSO	1929–1946
Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke KG GCB OM GCVO DSO	1946–1956
General Sir Cameron Nicholson GCB KBE DSO MC	1956–1960
General Sir Robert Mansergh GCB KBE MC	1960–1970
Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Baker GCB CMG CBE MC	1970–1976
General Sir Harry Tuzo GCB OBE MC	1977–1983
General Sir Thomas Morony KCB OBE	1983–1988
General Sir Martin Farndale KCB	1988–1996
Field Marshal The Lord Vincent GBE KCB DSO	1996–2000
General Sir Alexander Harley KBE CB	2001–2008
General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman GBE KCB ADC Gen	2008–[1]

References

1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58771. p. 11003. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2009.