John Sargent was a British Member of Parliament and administrator.
British School John Sargent III A379 Holburne Museum
Clerk of the Ordnance
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The Clerk of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the Master-General of the Ordnance and a member of the Board of Ordnance from its constitution in 1597. He was responsible for the correspondence and for
John Sargent (politician, born 1749)
…wide variety of offices: Director of the Bank of England (1778–79), Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1784), member of the Board of Agriculture (1803), Clerk of the Ordnance (1793–1802), joint Secretary to the Treasury (1802–1804) and a Commissioner of Audit (1806–21). He also served as Member of Parliament for Seaford from…
Board of Ordnance Arms preserved on a gun tampion in Gibraltar