Treasurer of the Navy
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 .
Treasurers of the Navy: 1546–1835
Name
Service
Notes
Robert Legge April 25 , 1546 –July 8 , 1549
Benjamin Gonson July 8 , 1549 –November 18 , 1577
Benjamin Gonson and John Hawkins November 18 , 1577 –November 26 , 1577
John Hawkins November 26 , 1577 –November 12 , 1595 Knighted July 26 , 1588
Fulk Greville December 22 , 1598 –April 26 , 1604
Sir Robert Mansell
April 26 , 1604 –May 11 , 1618
Sir William Russell
May 11 , 1618 –April 5 , 1627 created baronet March 12 , 1627
Sackville Crowe April 5 , 1627 –21 January 1630 created baronet July 8 , 1627
Sir William Russell 1630–1639
Sir William Russell and Henry Vane 1639-1642
Sir William Russell and Sir John Penington (Royalist ) 1642-1646
Sir William Russell (Royalist) 1646-1654
Sir Henry Vane (Parliamentary ) 1645-1650
Richard Hutchinson (Parliamentary) 1651-1660Sir George Carteret 1660-1667
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey 1667-1668Sir Thomas Osborne and Sir Thomas de Littelton, Bt 1668-1671Sir Thomas Osborne 1671-1673
Edward Seymour 1673-1681Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland 1681-1689Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 1689-1699Sir Thomas de Littleton 1699-1710
Robert Walpole 1710-1711Charles Caesar 1711-1714John Aislabie 1714-1718Richard Hampden 1718-1720George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington 1720-1724Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington 1724-1734Arthur Onslow 1734-1742Thomas Clutterbuck 1742Sir Charles Wager 1742-1743
Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet 1743-1744George Bubb Dodington 1744-1749Henry Legge 1749-1754George Grenville 1754-1756George Bubb Dodington 1756George Grenville 1756-1762William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington 1762-1765Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe 1765-1770Sir Gilbert Elliot 1770-1777
Welbore Ellis 1777-1782Isaac Barré 1782Henry Dundas 1782-1783Charles Townshend 1783-1784Henry Dundas 1784-1800Dudley Ryder 1800-1801Charles Bragge 1801-1803George Tierney 1803-1804George Canning 1804-1806Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1806-1807George Rose 1807-1818Frederick John Robinson 1818-1823William Huskisson 1823-1827Charles Grant 1827-1828William Vesey Fitzgerald 1828-1830Thomas Frankland Lewis 1830Charles Poulett Thomson 1830-1834William Lowther, Viscount Lowther 1834-1835Sir Henry Parnell 1835-1836
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