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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. 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 Lord 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 Lord 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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Charles Grey | Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey | Charles Grey, 2nd Lord Grey | Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby | Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland | Henry Fox, 1st Lord Holland | Incumbents | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell | List of Incumbents | Lists of Incumbents | Lists of incumbants | Lists of people by office held | Lord John Russell | Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell | Ministry of All the Talents | Paymaster-General | Paymaster General | Robert Peel | Sir Robert Peel | William Grenville | William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville | William Lamb | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne | William Wyndham Grenville | William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville | William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville
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