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 (later Viscount Sydney) 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 Baron 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. Sir Stephen Fox ( March 27, 1627 – October 28, 1716) was an English Politician. Sir Stephen Fox ( March 27, 1627 – October 28, 1716) was an English Politician. Richard Jones ( 8 February, 1641 - 5 January, 1712) was the eldest son of Arthur Jones 2nd Viscount Ranelagh and Katherine Boyle Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 &ndash 18 March 1745 known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a Sir Henry Clinton 7th Earl of Lincoln, KG, PC (1684 – 7 September 1728) was the son of Francis Clinton 6th Earl of Lincoln and Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 &ndash 18 March 1745 known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, KB, PC (1673 &ndash 2 July 1743 was a British Whig Statesman who served Henry Pelham ( 25 September 1694 &ndash 6 March 1754) was a British Whig Statesman, who served as Prime Thomas Winnington ( 31 December, 1696 – 23 April, 1746) of Stanford Court was an English politician William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham PC (15 November 1708 &ndash 11 May 1778 was a British Whig Statesman who achieved his greatest fame as Henry Vane 1st Earl of Darlington PC (c 1705 &ndash March 6 1758) was an English peer, the son of Gilbert Vane 2nd Baron Barnard Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull PC ( 4 July 1710 &ndash 27 September 1787) was a Scottish peer and British Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull PC ( 4 July 1710 &ndash 27 September 1787) was a Scottish peer and British Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland, PC ( 28 September 1705 &ndash 1 July 1774 in Holland House) was an English Charles Townshend ( August 29, 1725 &ndash September 4, 1767) was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Boston, Frederick North 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC (13 April 1732 &ndash 5 August 1792 more often known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from George Cooke may refer to George Cooke (lawyer (1645–1740 English barrister Sir George Cooke 3rd Baronet (1662-1732 MP for Aldborough Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney ( 24 February 1732 - 30 June 1800) was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in Richard Rigby (February 1722 - 8 April, 1788) Secretary of Ireland, Paymaster of the Forces, was a member of the Rigby family also Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and Isaac Barré (1726 – 1802 was a British Soldier and Politician. Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and William Wyndham Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PC (25 October 1759 &ndash 12 January 1834 was a British Whig Statesman and Prime Minister James Graham 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT ( 8 September 1755 &ndash 30 December 1836) was a Scottish nobleman and statesman Dudley Ryder 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC ( 22 December 1762 &ndash 26 December 1847) was a prominent British politician Thomas Steele ( 17 November 1753 &ndash 8 December 1823) was a British politician at the turn of the nineteenth century Thomas Steele ( 17 November 1753 &ndash 8 December 1823) was a British politician at the turn of the nineteenth century George Canning (11 April 1770 &ndash 8 August 1827 was a British statesman and Politician who served as Foreign Secretary and is at present the shortest serving Thomas Steele ( 17 November 1753 &ndash 8 December 1823) was a British politician at the turn of the nineteenth century George Rose ( 17 June 1744 &ndash 13 January 1818) was a British Politician. The Lord Charles Henry Somerset ( December 2 1767 &ndash February 18 1831) was a British governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos KG, PC ( 20 March 1776 &ndash 17 January "Colonel" Charles "Chuck" Long (born 1945 is the founder of the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactors Association. The Lord Charles Henry Somerset ( December 2 1767 &ndash February 18 1831) was a British governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa "Colonel" Charles "Chuck" Long (born 1945 is the founder of the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactors Association. Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl of Ripon PC (1 November 1782 &ndash 28 January 1859 Frederick John Robinson until 1827 The Viscount Goderich "Colonel" Charles "Chuck" Long (born 1945 is the founder of the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactors Association. William Vesey-FitzGerald 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey and 1st Baron FitzGerald, PC ( 24 July 1783 – 11 May 1843) was John Russell 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 &ndash 28 May 1878 known as Lord John Russell before 1861 was an English Sir Edward Knatchbull 9th Baronet, PC, FRS ( 20 December 1781 &ndash 24 May 1849) was a British Conservative 1834-1835
- Sir Henry Parnell, Bt 1835-1836
See also
Henry Brook Parnell 1st Baron Congleton PC ( 3 July 1776 &ndash 8 June 1842) known as Sir Henry Parnell 4th Baronet, The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO was an important British military position before 1855, when its duties were largely abolished The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic