Paymaster of the Forces
The Paymaster of the Forces was a British government position. It was occasionally a cabinet-level post in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and many future prime ministers served as Paymaster. The office was responsible for part of the financing of the army, and was noted as one of the most lucrative positions in the British government. It was abolished in 1836.
Paymasters of the Forces, 1661-1836
Stephen Fox 1661-1676
Sir Henry Puckering Newton 1676-1679
Sir Stephen Fox 1679-1680
Nicholas Johnson and William Fox 1680-1682
Charles Fox 1682-1685
Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh 1685-1702
John Howe 1702-1714
Robert Walpole 1714-1715
Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln 1715-1720
Robert Walpole 1720-1721
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis 1721-1722
Spencer Compton, 1st Lord Wilmington 1722-1730
Henry Pelham 1730-1743
Thomas Winnington 1743-1746
William Pitt the Elder 1746-1755
Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington and Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin 1755-1756
Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin and Thomas Potter 1756-1757
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland 1757-1765
Charles Townshend 1765-1766
Frederick North, Lord North and George Cooke 1766-1767
George Cooke and Thomas Townshend 1767-1768
Richard Rigby 1768-1782
Edmund Burke 1782
Isaac Barré 1782-1783
Edmund Burke 1783-1784
William Wyndham Grenville 1784-1789
Constantine John Phipps, 1st Lord Mulgrave , and James Graham, Marquess of Graham 1789-1791
Dudley Ryder and Thomas Steele 1791-1800
Thomas Steele and George Canning 1800-1801
Thomas Steele and Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie 1801-1803
George Rose and Lord Charles Henry Somerset 1804-1806
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Earl Temple , and Lord John Townshend 1806-1807
Charles Long and Lord Charles Henry Somerset 1807-1813
Charles Long and Frederick John Robinson 1813-1817
Charles Long 1817-1826
William Vesey Fitzgerald 1826-1828
John Calcraft 1828-1830
Lord John Russell 1830-1834
Sir Edward Knatchbull , bt. 1834-1835
Sir Henry Parnell , bt. 1835-1836
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