Treasurer of the Navy
Navy Treasury, Broad Street, where the Treasurer had his official residence and offices from 1664-1789
The Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the British government between the mid-16th and early 19th century. The office-holder was responsible for the financial maintenance of the Royal Navy. The office was a political appointment, and frequently was held by up-and-coming young politicians who would later go on to hold more important positions. The post was abolished in 1836 and its functions incorporated into those of the Paymaster-General.[1]
Treasurers of the Navy: 1546–1835
| Service |
Name |
Notes |
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| 25 Apr 1546–8 Jul 1549 |
Robert Legge |
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| 8 Jul 1549–18 Nov 1577 |
Benjamin Gonson[2] |
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| 18 Nov 1577–26 Nov 1577 |
Benjamin Gonson and John Hawkins |
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| 26 Nov 1577–12 Nov 1595 |
John Hawkins |
Knighted 26 July 1588 |
| 22 Dec 1598–26 Apr 1604 |
Fulk Greville [3] |
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| 26 Apr 1604–11 May 1618 |
Sir Robert Mansell |
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| 11 May 1618–5 Apr 1627 |
Sir William Russell |
created baronet 12 March 1627 |
| 5 Apr 1627–21 Jan 1630 |
Sackville Crowe |
created baronet 8 July 1627 |
| 1630–1639 |
Sir William Russell |
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| 1639-1642 | Sir William Russell and Henry Vane |
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| 1642-1646 | Sir William Russell and Sir John Penington (Royalist) |
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| 1646-1654 | Sir William Russell (Royalist) |
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| 1645-1650 | Sir Henry Vane (Parliamentary) |
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| 1651-1660 | Richard Hutchinson (Parliamentary) |
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| 1660-1667 | Sir George Carteret |
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| 1667-1668 | Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey |
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| 1668-1671 | Sir Thomas Osborne and Sir Thomas de Littelton, Bt |
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| 1671-1673 | Sir Thomas Osborne |
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| 1673-1681 | Edward Seymour |
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| 1681-1689 | Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland |
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| 1689-1699 | Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford |
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| 1699-1710 | Sir Thomas de Littleton |
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| 1710-1711 | Robert Walpole |
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| 1711-1714 | Charles Caesar |
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| 1714-1718 | John Aislabie |
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| 1718-1720 | Richard Hampden |
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| 1720-1724 | George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington |
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| 1724-1734 | Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington |
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| 1734-1742 | Arthur Onslow |
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| 1742 | Thomas Clutterbuck |
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| 1742-1743 | Sir Charles Wager |
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| 1743-1744 | Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet |
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| 1744-1749 | George Bubb Dodington |
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| 1749-1754 | Henry Legge |
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| 1754-1756 | George Grenville |
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| 1756 | George Bubb Dodington |
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| 1756-1762 | George Grenville |
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| 1762-1765 | William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington |
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| 1765-1770 | Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe |
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| 1770-1777 | Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bt |
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| 1777-1782 | Welbore Ellis |
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| 1782 | Isaac Barré |
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| 1782-1783 | Henry Dundas |
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| 1783-1784 | Charles Townshend |
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| 1784-1800 | Henry Dundas |
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| 1800-1801 | Dudley Ryder |
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| 1801-1803 | Charles Bragge |
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| 1803-1804 | George Tierney |
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| 1804-1806 | George Canning |
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| 1806-1807 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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| 1807-1818 | George Rose |
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| 1818-1823 | Frederick John Robinson |
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| 1823-1827 | William Huskisson |
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| 1827-1828 | Charles Grant |
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| 1828-1830 | William Vesey Fitzgerald |
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| 1830 | Thomas Frankland Lewis |
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| 1830-1834 | Charles Poulett Thomson |
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| 1834-1835 | William Lowther, Viscount Lowther |
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| 1835-1836 | Sir Henry Parnell |
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References
- ↑ http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/navy
- ↑ Bennell, John (2004). "Gonson, William (d. 1544)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47400. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Greville, Fulke (GRVL568F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.