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Treasurer of the Navy
Thie Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the ogvernment British 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.
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 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 1743-1744
- George Dodington 1744-1749
- Henry Legge 1749-1754
- George Grenville 1756-1756
- George 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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