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

Service	Name	Notes
25 Apr 1546–8 Jul 1549	Robert Legge
8 Jul 1549–18 Nov 1577	Benjamin Gonson
18 Nov 1577–26 Nov 1577	Benjamin Gonson and John Hawkins
26 Nov 1577–12 Nov 1595	John Hawkins	Knighted 26 July 1588
22 Dec 1598–26 Apr 1604	Fulk Greville
26 Apr 1604–11 May 1618	Sir Robert Mansell
11 May 1618–5 Apr 1627	Sir William Russell	created baronet 12 March 1627
5 Apr 1627–21 Jan 1630	Sackville Crowe	created baronet 8 July 1627
1630–1639	Sir William Russell
1639-1642	Sir William Russell and Henry Vane
1642-1646	Sir William Russell and Sir John Penington (Royalist)
1646-1654	Sir William Russell (Royalist)
1645-1650	Sir Henry Vane (Parliamentary)
1651-1660	Richard Hutchinson (Parliamentary)
1660-1667	Sir George Carteret
1667-1668	Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey
1668-1671	Sir Thomas Osborne and Sir Thomas de Littelton, Bt
1671-1673	Sir Thomas Osborne
1673-1681	Edward Seymour
1681-1689	Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland
1689-1699	Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
1699-1710	Sir Thomas de Littleton
1710-1711	Robert Walpole
1711-1714	Charles Caesar
1714-1718	John Aislabie
1718-1720	Richard Hampden
1720-1724	George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
1724-1734	Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington
1734-1742	Arthur Onslow
1742	Thomas Clutterbuck
1742-1743	Sir Charles Wager
1743-1744	Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet
1744-1749	George Bubb Dodington
1749-1754	Henry Legge
1754-1756	George Grenville
1756	George Bubb Dodington
1756-1762	George Grenville
1762-1765	William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
1765-1770	Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe
1770-1777	Sir Gilbert Elliot
1777-1782	Welbore Ellis
1782	Isaac Barré
1782-1783	Henry Dundas
1783-1784	Charles Townshend
1784-1800	Henry Dundas
1800-1801	Dudley Ryder
1801-1803	Charles Bragge
1803-1804	George Tierney
1804-1806	George Canning
1806-1807	Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1807-1818	George Rose
1818-1823	Frederick John Robinson
1823-1827	William Huskisson
1827-1828	Charles Grant
1828-1830	William Vesey Fitzgerald
1830	Thomas Frankland Lewis
1830-1834	Charles Poulett Thomson
1834-1835	William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
1835-1836	Sir Henry Parnell

References

• Office-Holders: Navy Treasurer