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History

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