Treasurer of the Navy
Office of the Treasurer of the Navy | |
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Ensign of the Royal Navy | |
Department of the Admiralty | |
Member of | Navy Board (1546-1832) |
Reports to | First lord of the Admiralty |
Nominator | First lord of the Admiralty |
Appointer |
Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council |
Term length | Not fixed (typically 3–7 years) |
Inaugural holder | William Gonson |
Formation | 1524-1836 |
The Treasurer of the Navy [1] originally called Treasurer of Marine Causes [2] also originally called Paymaster of the Navy [3] was a civilian officer of the Royal Navy, he was one of the Principle Commissioners of the Navy Board responsible for Naval Finance [4] from 1524 to 1832.
History
Originally established in 1524 the first post holder was William Gonson he held the office for twenty years until 1544.[5] Although a member of the board his office was semi-autonomous. The office-holder was responsible for the direction and control of Naval Finance 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. Before 1832 all accounts were dealt with by a number of different offices and officials. The Treasurer of the Navy originated during the reign of Henry VIII. He was the senior member of the Navy Board responsible for all Navy accounts, he gradually withdrew during the seventeenth century from the Board's day-to-day affairs and his office, and the Navy Pay Office, came to be regarded as entirely separate from the Navy Office. The Treasurer of the Navy survived the re-organisational changes of 1832, but his office was abolished in 1835 when his duties were transferred to the Paymaster General's' Office.
Treasurers of the Navy: 1524–1835
Included:[6]
Departments and offices under Treasurer
- Navy Pay Office
References
- ↑ Mackenzie, Sir George (1 January 1821). "The Royal naval and military calendar: and national record for 1821". Google Books. Printed for the author. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ Knighton, C. S.; Loades, David (2016). Elizabethan Naval Administration. Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 9781317145035.
- ↑ Knighton, C. S.; Loades, D. M. (2011). The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 570. ISBN 9781409418474.
- ↑ Archives, The National. "Navy Board: Navy Pay Office: Treasurer's Out-Letters". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1807-1830, ADM 15. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ 1899-1995., Miller, Helen Hill, (1985). [9780912697277 Captains from Devon : the great Elizabethan seafarers who won the oceans for England] Check
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value (help). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. p. 33. ISBN 9780912697277. - ↑ Sainty, J.C. "Navy Treasurer c. 1546-1836 Institute of Historical Research". www.history.ac.uk. University of London, January 2003.
- ↑ Knighton, C. S.; Loades, D. M. (2011). The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 570. ISBN 9781409418474.
- ↑ Miller, Helen Hill (1985). Captains from Devon : the great Elizabethan seafarers who won the oceans for England. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. p. 33. ISBN 9780912697277.
- ↑ Knighton, C. S.; Loades, D. M. (2011). The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 570. ISBN 9781409418474.
- ↑ 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.