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) 1651-1660

★ Sir George Carteret 1660-1667

★ Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey 1667-1668

★ Sir Thomas Osborne and Sir Thomas de Littelton, Bt 1668-1671

★ Sir Thomas Osborne 1671-1673

★ Edward Seymour 1673-1681

★ Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland 1681-1689

★ Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 1689-1699

★ Sir Thomas de Littleton 1699-1710

★ Robert Walpole 1710-1711

★ Charles Caesar 1711-1714

★ John Aislabie 1714-1718

★ Richard Hampden 1718-1720

★ George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington 1720-1724

★ Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington 1724-1734

★ Arthur Onslow 1734-1742

★ Thomas Clutterbuck 1742

★ Sir Charles Wager 1742-1743

★ Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet 1743-1744

★ George Bubb Dodington 1744-1749

★ Henry Legge 1749-1754

★ George Grenville 1754-1756

★ George Bubb Dodington 1756

★ George Grenville 1756-1762

★ William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington 1762-1765

★ Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe 1765-1770

★ Sir Gilbert Elliot 1770-1777

★ Welbore Ellis 1777-1782

★ Isaac Barré 1782

★ Henry Dundas 1782-1783

★ Charles Townshend 1783-1784

★ Henry Dundas 1784-1800

★ Dudley Ryder 1800-1801

★ Charles Bragge 1801-1803

★ George Tierney 1803-1804

★ George Canning 1804-1806

★ Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1806-1807

★ George Rose 1807-1818

★ Frederick John Robinson 1818-1823

★ William Huskisson 1823-1827

★ Charles Grant 1827-1828

★ William Vesey Fitzgerald 1828-1830

★ Thomas Frankland Lewis 1830

★ Charles Poulett Thomson 1830-1834

★ William Lowther, Viscount Lowther 1834-1835

★ Sir Henry Parnell 1835-1836

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★ Office-Holders: Navy Treasurer