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Britain Against Napoleon

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by Roger Knight


  Admiral James Gambier 15 May 1804–10 Feb. 1806

  Captain Sir Harry Burrard Neale 15 May–3 Sept. 1804

  Admiral Sir John Colpoys 15 May 1804–2 May 1805

  Admiral Philip Patton 15 May 1804–10 Feb. 1806

  Captain (George Stewart) Lord Galloway* (later Lord Garlies) 2 May 1805–10 Feb. 1806

  Rear-Admiral John Markham* 10 Feb. 1806–6 Apr. 1807

  Admiral Sir Charles Morice Pole* 10 Feb.–23 Oct. 1806

  Captain Sir Harry Burrard Neale* 10 Feb. 1806–6 Apr. 1807

  Captain Thomas Fremantle* 23 Oct. 1806–6 Apr. 1807

  Admiral (James) Lord Gambier 6 Apr. 1807–9 May 1808

  Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton* 6 Apr. 1807–25 Mar. 1812

  Captain William Johnstone Hope* 6 Apr. 1807–30 Mar. 1809

  Vice-Admiral William Domett 9 May 1808–23 Oct. 1813

  Captain Robert Moorsom 30 Mar. 1809–3 July 1810

  Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke* 3 July 1810–2 Apr. 1818

  Rear-Admiral George Johnstone Hope 25 Mar. 1812–18 May 1813

  Rear-Admiral Lord Henry Paulet 18 May 1813–24 May 1816

  Rear-Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope 23 Oct. 1813–2 Apr. 1818

  Civil Commissioners of the Admiralty

  Salaries as for naval commissioners

  Charles George Perceval* (later Lord Arden) 31 Dec. 1783–19 Feb. 1801

  John Thomas Townshend* 12 Aug. 1789–26 Apr. 1793

  John Smyth* 27 June 1791–12 May 1794

  Charles Small Pybus* 27 June 1791–25 July 1797

  Sir Philip Stephens* 7 Mar. 1795–23 Oct. 1806

  Thomas Wallace* 25 July 1797–10 July 1800

  William Eliot* 10 July 1800–17 Jan. 1804

  James Adams* 19 Feb. 1801–15 May 1804

  William Garthshore* 19 Feb. 1801–17 Jan. 1804

  William Dickinson* 15 May 1804–10 Feb. 1806

  Sir Evan Nepean* 13 Sept. 1804–10 Feb. 1806

  Lord William Russell* 10 Feb. 1806–6 Apr. 1807

  William Edwardes, Lord Kensington* 10 Feb. 1806–6 Apr. 1807

  William Frankland* 23 Oct. 1806–6 Apr. 1807

  Robert Ward* 6 Apr. 1807–17 June 1811

  Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston* 6 Apr. 1807–26 Oct. 1809

  James Buller* 6 Apr. 1807–25 Mar. 1812

  William Lowther* 24 Nov. 1809–3 July 1810

  Frederick John Robinson* 3 July 1810–5 Oct. 1812

  Horatio, Lord Walpole* 17 June 1811–5 Oct. 1812

  William Dundas* 25 Mar. 1812–23 Aug. 1814

  Sir George Warrender* 5 Oct. 1812–8 Feb. 1822

  John Osborn* 5 Oct. 1812–16 Feb. 1824

  Barrington Pope Blachford* 23 Aug. 1814–14 May 1816

  Secretary to the Board of Admiralty

  Salary 1787: £1,600. 1805–10: £6,000. 1815: £4,500

  Philip Stephens* 18 June 1763–3 Mar. 1795

  Evan Nepean* 3 Mar. 1795–20 Jan. 1804

  William Marsden 21 Jan. 1804–24 June 1807

  William Wellesley-Pole* 24 June 1807–12 Oct. 1809

  John Wilson Croker* 12 Oct. 1809–29 Nov. 1830

  Second Secretary

  Salary 1787: £1,600. 1805–10: £6,000. 1815: £4,500

  John Ibbetson 13 Jan. 1783–2 Mar. 1795

  William Marsden 3 Mar. 1795–21 Jan. 1804

  Benjamin Tucker 21 Jan.–21 May 1804

  John Barrow 22 May 1804–9 Feb. 1806

  Benjamin Tucker 10 Feb. 1806–5 Apr. 1807

  John Barrow 9 Apr. 1807–28 Jan. 1845

  Inspector-General of Naval Works

  Samuel Bentham 25 Mar. 1796–28 Oct. 1807

  Architect and Engineer of Naval Works

  Edward Holl 3 Jan. 1804–28 Oct. 1807

  Hydrographer

  Alexander Dalrymple 13 Aug. 1795–28 May 1808

  Thomas Hurd 28 May 1808–29 Apr. 1823

  Inspector of Telegraphs

  George Roebuck 23 Apr. 1796–23 Aug. 1816

  Admiralty officials and clerks

  1797: 45/£14,140

  1805: 54/£24,390

  1810: 59/£30,660

  1815: 65/£32,059

  NAVY PAY OFFICE (Somerset Place)

  Treasurer of the Navy

  Salary 1797–1815: £4,000

  Henry Dundas* 5 Jan. 1784–2 June 1800

  Dudley Ryder* 2 June 1800–21 Nov. 1801

  Charles Bragge-Bathurst* 21 Nov. 1801–3 June 1803

  George Tierney* 3 June 1803–29 May 1804

  George Canning* 29 May 1804–22 Feb. 1806

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan* 22 Feb. 1806–15 Apr. 1807

  George Rose* 15 Apr. 1807–13 Jan. 1818

  Navy Pay Office officials and clerks

  1797: 73/£16,435

  1805: 104/£24,539

  1810: 116/£29,319

  1815: 120/£32,866

  TRANSPORT OFFICE (Dorset Court, Cannon Row, Westminster)

  Chairman:

  Captain Hugh Cloberry Christian RN 1794–5

  Captain Rupert George RN 1795–1817

  Commissioners:

  Captain James Bowen RN 28 June 1803–16

  Ambrose Serle 1794–1817

  Secretary:

  Alexander M’Cleay

  Transport Office, Medical Department

  1810: 42 clerks/£9,180

  1815: 41/£9,680

  NAVY OFFICE (Somerset Place)

  Comptroller of the Navy

  Salary 1797: £10,700. 1805: £11,200. 1810: £13,200. 1815: £12,200

  Captain Sir Henry Martin 29 Mar. 1790–1 Aug. 1794 (died in post)

  Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond* 25 Sept. 1794–3 Mar. 1806

  Captain Henry Nicholls 3 Mar. 1806–20 June 1806

  Captain (Rear-Admiral 1809) Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson* 20 June 1806–24 Feb. 1816

  Surveyors of the Navy

  Salary 1797: £10,700. 1805: £11,200. 1810: £13,200. 1815: £12,200

  Sir John Henslow 11 Dec. 1784–24 June 1806 (Knt. 20 Mar. 1793)

  Sir William Rule 11 Feb. 1793–21 June 1813 (Knt. 27 June 1794)

  Sir Henry Peake 20 June 1806–25 Feb. 1822 (Knt. 25 June 1814)

  Joseph Tucker 14 June 1813–1 Mar. 1831

  Sir Robert Seppings 14 June 1813–25 July 1829 (Knt. 17 Aug. 1819)

  Civil Architect and Engineer

  Samuel Bentham 3 Dec. 1808–25 Dec. 1812

  Surveyor of Buildings

  Edward Holl 28 Nov. 1812–2 Nov. 1823

  Assistant Surveyor of Buildings

  Edward Holl 28 Dec. 1804–28 Nov. 1812

  Navy Office officials and clerks

  1797: 160/£32,890

  1805: 171/£34,860

  1810: 234/£54,910

  1815: 225/£56,180

  VICTUALLING OFFICE (Somerset Place)

  Salary 1797: £1,045. 1810: £1,200

  Chairman:

  George Cherry 10 Sept. 1785–27 Mar. 1799

  John Marsh 27 Mar. 1799–3 Dec. 1808

  Captain John Clarke Searle RN 3 Dec. 1808–20 Feb. 1822

  Deputy Chairman:

  George Phillips Towry 4 Nov. 1803–12 Mar. 1817 (died in post)

  Victualling Office officials and clerks

  1797: 88/£12,582

  1805: 112/£22,178

  1810: 132/£28,288

  1815: 168/£35,060

  SICK AND HURT OFFICE (Somerset Place)

  Office abolished 1806; functions transferred to the Transport Office

  Commissioners

  Salary: £500 and £65 for house rent

  Robert Blair 1790–1804

  Sir Gilbert Blane 1790–1804

  John Harness (transferred to the Transport Board in 1806)

  Inspectors of Naval and Prison Hospitals

  Dr Andrew Baird 1800–1806

  Dr John Weir 1800–1806

  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Downing Street)

  War and the Colonies from August 1
801

  Secretary of State

  Salary 1797: £2,000. 1805–15: £6,000

  Henry Dundas* 11 July 1794–17 Mar. 1801

  Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart 17 Mar. 1801–14 May 1804

  John Jeffreys Pratt, second Earl Camden 14 May 1804–10 July 1805

  Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh* 10 July 1805–5 Feb. 1806

  William Windham* 5 Feb. 1806–25 Mar. 1807

  Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh* 25 Mar. 1807–1 Nov. 1809

  Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Liverpool* 1 Nov. 1809–11 June 1812

  Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst 11 June 1812–30 Apr. 1827

  Undersecretary

  Salary 1797: £1,500. 1805: £2,000. 1810: £4,000. 1815: £5,000

  Evan Nepean* 11 July 1794–1 Mar. 1795

  William Huskisson* 1 Mar. 1795–18 Mar. 1801

  John Sullivan* 18 Mar. 1801–15 May 1804

  Edward Cooke 15 May 1804–16 Feb. 1806

  Sir George Shee 16 Feb. 1806–25 Mar. 1807

  Edward Cooke 25 Mar. 1807–1 Nov. 1809

  Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson* 2 Nov. 1809–10 June 1810

  Robert Peel* 10 June 1810–4 Aug. 1812

  Henry Goulburn* 20 Aug. 1812–11 Dec. 1821

  Military Undersecretary

  Sir James Cockburn 27 Nov. 1806–25 Mar. 1807

  Brigadier-General Charles Stewart* 25 Mar. 1807–1 May 1809

  Frederick John Robinson* 1 May–1 Nov. 1809

  Colonel Henry Bunbury 1 Nov. 1809–5 July 1816

  War and Colonial Office officials and clerks

  1797: 12/£6,850

  1805: 16/£12,540

  1810: 21/£16,265

  1815: 21/£18,394

  COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF’S OFFICE (Horse Guards)

  General Lord Amherst Jan. 1793–Feb. 1795

  Field Marshal Frederick, duke of York 13 Feb. 1795–18 Mar. 1809

  General Sir David Dundas 18 Mar. 1809–26 May 1811

  Field Marshal Frederick, duke of York 26 May 1811–28

  Commander-in-Chief’s officials and clerks

  1797: 16/£2,558

  1805: 27/£6,202

  1810: 29/£6,516

  1815: 29/£8,091

  Military Secretary

  Colonel Robert Brownrigg 1795–1803

  Colonel William Clinton 1803–4

  Lieutenant-Colonel James Willoughby Gordon 1804–9

  Major General Sir Henry Torrens 1809–20

  Adjutant-General

  Lieutenant-General Sir William Fawcett 1781–99

  Lieutenant-General Harry Calvert 9 Jan. 1799–25 Mar. 1820

  Inspector General of Recruiting

  1807 post abolished; duties to Adjutant-General

  Major General Henry Fox 21 Oct. 1795–July 1799

  Major General George Hewett 1803–Aug. 1804

  Major General John Whitelocke 22 Nov. 1804–Mar. 1807

  Quartermaster-General

  Colonel George Morrison 1761–96

  Lieutenant-General David Dundas 8 Nov. 1796–15 Mar. 1803

  Major General Sir Robert Brownrigg 1803–8

  Major General John Willoughby Gordon 1809–15

  WAR OFFICE (Duke Street, Westminster)

  Secretary at War

  Salary 1797–1815: £2,480

  Sir George Yonge* Dec. 1783–July 1794

  William Windham* July 1794–Feb. 1801

  Charles Philip Yorke* Feb. 1801–Aug. 1803

  Charles Bragge 17 Aug. 1803–May 1804

  William Dundas* May 1804–Feb. 1806

  General Richard Fitzpatrick* Feb. 1806–Mar. 1807

  General Sir James Murray Pulteney* Mar. 1807–June 1809

  Lord Granville Leveson Gower* July–Oct. 1809

  Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston Oct. 1809–May 1828

  War Office officials and clerks

  1797: 58/£36,617

  1805: 127/£31,500

  1810: 183/£46,776

  1815: 208/£59,837

  ARMY PAY OFFICE (Whitehall)

  Joint Paymasters of the Forces

  Salary 1797–1815: £4,000

  Dudley Ryder* & Thomas Steele* 17 Mar. 1791–5 July 1800

  Thomas Steele* & George Canning* 5 July 1800–26 Mar. 1801

  Thomas Steele* & Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie* 26 Mar. 1801–3 Jan. 1803

  Thomas Steele* & John Hiley Addington* 3 Jan. 1803–7 July 1804

  George Rose* & Lord Charles Somerset* 7 July 1804–17 Feb. 1806

  Richard Temple* & Lord John Townshend* 17 Feb. 1806–4 Apr. 1807

  Charles Long* & Lord Charles Somerset* 4 Apr. 1807–26 Nov. 1813

  Charles Long* & Frederick John Robinson* 26 Nov. 1813–9 Aug. 1817

  Army Pay Office officials and clerks

  1797: 24/£11,340

  1805: 41/£15,338

  1810: 76/£21,388

  1815: 81/£22,295

  BARRACK MASTER-GENERAL (Spring Gardens)

  Major General Oliver De Lancey 1792–1804

  Lieutenant-General George Hewett Nov. 1804–6

  Commission for Auditing Lt-General De Lancey’s Accounts

  Colonel Charles Herries 1814

  William Bragge 1814

  Comptroller of the Barrack Department

  Osbourne Markham 1815

  ARMY MEDICAL BOARD (No. 5, Berkeley Street, Piccadilly)

  Physician-General:

  Sir Clifton Wintringham 1793–4

  Sir Lucas Pepys 1794–Feb. 1810

  Surgeon-General:

  John Hunter 1790–Oct. 1793

  John Gunning 1794–98

  Thomas Keate 1798–Feb. 1810

  Inspector-General of Regimental Infirmaries:

  Thomas Keate 1793–8

  John Rush 1798–1801

  Inspector-General of Army Hospitals:

  Francis Knight 1801–Feb. 1810

  Director-General:

  John Weir 1810–15

  Sir James McGrigor Aug. 1815–51

  Principal Inspectors:

  Theodore Gordon 1810–?

  Charles Kerr 1810–?

  ORDNANCE OFFICE (Tower of London and Pall Mall)

  Master-General of the Ordnance

  Salary 1793: £1,500. 1815: £3,000

  General Charles Lennox, duke of Richmond 5 Jan. 1784–23 Feb. 1795

  General Charles Cornwallis, first Marquess Cornwallis 23 Feb. 1795–28 Aug. 1801

  General John Pitt, earl of Chatham 28 Aug. 1801–14 Feb. 1806

  General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, earl of Moira 14 Feb. 1806–4 Apr. 1807

  General John Pitt, earl of Chatham 4 Apr. 1807–5 May 1810

  General Henry Phipps, Earl Mulgrave 5 May 1810–1 Jan. 1819

  Lieutenant-General

  Salary 1793: £1,100. 1815: £1,500

  General Sir William Howe 6 May 1782–22 Nov. 1804

  General Sir Thomas Trigge 22 Nov. 1804–11 Jan. 1814 (died in post)

  Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes 1814–23

  BOARD OF ORDNANCE

  Surveyor-General

  Captain George Berkeley* RN 1789–95

  Colonel Alexander Ross 1795–1804

  James Hadden 1804–10

  Captain Robert Moorsom* RN 3 July 1810–Mar. 1820

  Clerk of the Ordnance

  Salary 1793: £600. 1815: £800

  Gibbs Crawfurd* 1 May 1784–13 Oct. 1793 (died in post)

  John Sargent* 11 Feb. 1794–30 June 1802

  William Wellesley-Pole* 30 June 1802–22 Feb. 1806

  John Calcraft* 22 Feb. 1806–7 Apr. 1807

  William Wellesley-Pole* 7 Apr. 1807–29 July 1807

  Cropley Ashley Cooper* 29 July 1807–14 June 1811

  Robert Ward* 14 June 1811–29 Apr. 1823

  Principal Storekeeper

  Salary 1793: £500. 1815: £700

  John Aldridge* 1 Mar. 1784–16 May 1795 (died in post)

  Mark Singleton* 1 July 1795–22 Feb. 1806

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  Mark Singleton* 7 Apr. 1807–8 July 1823

  Treasurer

  William Smith 12 Jan. 1784–13 Oct. 1803 (died in post)

  Joseph Hunt Nov. 1803–Feb. 1806

  Alexander Davison 20 Feb. 1806–7 Apr. 1807

  Joseph Hunt* 7 Apr. 1807–30 Jan. 1810

  Thomas Alcock 30 Jan. 1810–20 June 1818

 

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