by Roger Knight
Clerk of Deliveries
Salary 1793: £500. 1815: £700
Thomas Baillie 1 Mar. 1784–17 May 1802
Joseph Hunt 17 May 1802–10 Jan. 1804
Cropley Ashley Cooper* 10 Jan. 1804–12 Mar. 1806
James Martin Lloyd* 12 Mar. 1806–7 Apr. 1807
Cropley Ashley Cooper* 7 Apr.–29 July 1807
Thomas Thoroton 29 July 1807–31 Oct. 1812
Edmund Phipps* 31 Oct. 1812–1830
Secretary of the Board of Ordnance
Augustus Rogers 1794
Robert H. Crew 1794–1815
Inspector of Artillery and Superintendent of the Royal Brass Foundry, Woolwich
General Sir Thomas Blomefield 1780–24 Dec. 1822 (died in office)
Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich
Lieutenant-General Sir William Congreve 1789–1814 (died in office)
Sir William Congreve 1814–28
Inspector of Ordnance Shipping
Captain Thomas Dickinson RN 1781–1815
Inspector of Small Arms, Birmingham
Lieutenant-Colonel James Miller 1804–?
Ordnance Office officials and clerks
1797: 353/£46,031
1805: 606/£95,505
1810: 815/£140,237
1815: 886/£177,553
DUBLIN CASTLE
Viceroy/Lord Lieutenant
John Fane, earl of Westmorland 24 Oct. 1789–13 Dec. 1794
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, second Earl Fitzwilliam 13 Dec. 1794–13 Mar. 1795
John Jeffreys Pratt, Earl Camden 13 Mar. 1795–14 June 1798
General Charles Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis 14 June 1798–27 Apr. 1801
Philip Yorke, earl of Hardwicke 27 Apr. 1801–12 Mar. 1806
Edward Clive, first Earl Powis 21 Nov. 1805 (did not go to Ireland)
John Russell, duke of Bedford 12 Mar. 1806–1 Apr. 1807
Charles Lennox, duke of Richmond 1 Apr. 1807–3 June 1813
Charles Whitworth, Viscount (Earl from 25 Nov. 1815) Whitworth 3 June 1813–17 Sept. 1817
Chief Secretary
Salary 1797–1815: £4,153
Robert Hobart* 16 Apr. 1789–15 Dec. 1793
Sylvester Douglas* 16 Dec. 1793–12 Dec. 1794
George Damer, Viscount Milton 13 Dec. 1794–12 Mar. 1795
Thomas Pelham* 13 Mar. 1795–2 Nov. 1798
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh 3 Nov. 1798–24 May 1801
Charles Abbot* 25 May 1801–12 Feb. 1802
William Wickham* 13 Feb. 1802–5 Feb. 1804
Sir Evan Nepean* 6 Feb. 1804–22 Mar. 1805
Nicholas Vansittart* 23 Mar. –20 Sept. 1805
Charles Long* 21 Sept. 1805–27 Mar. 1806
William Elliot* 28 Mar. 1806–18 Apr. 1807
Sir Arthur Wellesley* 19 Apr. 1807–12 Apr. 1809
Robert Saunders Dundas* 13 Apr. –17 Oct. 1809
William Wellesley-Pole* 18 Oct. 1809–3 Aug. 1812
Robert Peel* 4 Aug. 1812–3 Aug. 1818
Undersecretary
Salary 1794–1805: £1,305. 1810–15: £1,846
Sackville Hamilton 7 Feb. 1780–6 Feb. 1795
Lodge Evans Morres 7 Feb. 1795–14 May 1795
Sackville Hamilton 15 May 1795–5 June 1796
Edward Cooke 6 June 1796–20 Oct. 1801
Alexander Marsden 21 Oct. 1801–7 Sept. 1806
James Trail 8 Sept. 1806–5 Sept. 1808
Charles Saxton (Bart 11 Nov. 1808) 6 Sept. 1808–4 Oct. 1812
William Gregory 5 Oct. 1812–1 Jan. 1831
Irish government officials and clerks
1797: 23/£11,496
1805: 23/£13,621
1810: 23/£12,596
1815: 25/£12,460
IRISH ARMY
Commander-in-Chief
Lieutenant-General Robert Cunninghame 1793–6
Lieutenant-General Henry Lawes Luttrell, second earl of Carhampton Oct. 1796–Nov. 1797
Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby Dec. 1797–Mar. 1798
Lieutenant-General Gerard Lake 25 Apr.–20 June 1798
General Charles, Marquis Cornwallis 20 June 1798–27 Apr. 1801
Commander of the Forces
General Sir William Meadows 1801–3
Lieutenant-General Henry Fox 9 May–20 Oct. 1803
Lieutenant-General William Schaw Cathcart 20 Oct. 1803–1805
Lieutenant-General John Floyd 1805
General Charles Stanhope, earl of Harrington, Oct. 1805–Jan. 1812
General Sir John Hope 1812–13
General Sir George Hewett Dec. 1813–16
Irish Army officials and clerks
1797: 29/£3,335
Including Commissariat
1805: 1,090/£49,137
1810: 1,064/£50,537
1815: 259/£28,453
BOARD OF TRADE (Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations)
President
No remuneration
Charles Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury 23 Aug. 1786–6 June 1804 (cr. earl of Liverpool, 1 June 1796)
James Graham, duke of Montrose 6 June 1804–5 Feb. 1806
William Eden, Lord Auckland 5 Feb. 1806–26 Mar. 1807
Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst 26 Mar. 1807–29 Sept. 1812
Richard le Poer Trench, earl of Clancarty 29 Sept. 1812–24 Jan. 1818
Vice President
Dudley Ryder* 20 Oct. 1790–18 Nov. 1801
Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie* 18 Nov. 1801–8 Feb. 1804
Nathaniel Bond* 8 Feb.–6 June 1804
George Rose* 6 June 1804–5 Feb. 1806
Richard Grenville, Earl Temple* 5 Feb. 1806–30 Mar. 1807
George Rose* 30 Mar. 1807–29 Sept. 1812
Frederick John Robinson* 29 Sept. 1812–24 Jan. 1818
Board of Trade officials and clerks
1797: 19/£3,928
1805: 20/£5,790
1810: 20/£5,061
1815: 19/£5,835
INDIA BOARD OF CONTROL
President
Henry Dundas* June 1793–25 Apr. 1801
George Legge, Viscount Lewisham 25 Apr. 1801–6 July 1802
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh* 6 July 1802–11 Feb. 1806
Gilbert Elliot, earl of Minto 11 Feb.–15 July 1806
Thomas Grenville* 15 July–30 Sept. 1806
George Tierney* 30 Sept. 1806–4 Apr. 1807
Robert Saunders Dundas* 4 Apr. 1807–11 July 1809
Dudley Ryder, earl of Harrowby 11 July–7 Nov. 1809
Robert Saunders Dundas* (Viscount Melville, 29 May 1811) 7 Nov. 1809–4 Apr. 1812
Robert Hobart, earl of Buckinghamshire 4 Apr. 1812–4 June 1816
Secretary
Henry Beaufoy* 10 May 1791–3 July 1793
William Brodrick* 3 July 1793–19 Nov. 1803
Benjamin Hobhouse* 19 Nov. 1803–22 May 1804
George Holford* 22 May 1804–14 Feb. 1806
Thomas Creevey* 14 Feb. 1806–8 Feb. 1807
George Holford* 8 Feb. 1807–6 Jan. 1810
Sir Patrick Murray* 6 Jan. 1810–14 Mar. 1812
John Bruce* 14 Mar. 1812–20 Aug. 1812
Thomas Courtenay* 20 Aug. 1812–2 May 1829
GENERAL POST OFFICE (Lombard Street)
Joint Postmaster-General
Salary 1797–1815: £5,000
Lord Walsingham & earl of Chesterfield 13 Mar. 1790–28 July 1794
Earl of Chesterfield & earl of Leicester 28 July 1794–1 Mar. 1798
Earl of Leicester & Lord Auckland 1 Mar. 1798–27 Feb. 1799
Lord Auckland & Lord Gower 27 Feb. 1799–31 Mar. 1801
Lord Auckland & Lord Spencer 31 Mar. 1801–19 July 1804
Lord Spencer & duke of Montrose 19 July 1804–20 Feb. 1806
Robert Hobart, earl of Buckinghamshire & earl of Carysfort 20 Feb. 1806–5 May 1807
Earl of Sandwich & earl of Chichester 5 May 1807–6 June 1814
&n
bsp; Earl of Chichester alone 6 June–30 Sept. 1814
Earl of Chichester & earl of Clancarty 30 Sept. 1814–6 Apr. 1816
Secretary
Salary 1797: £1,400. 1805–15: £1,200
Anthony Todd Jan. 1768–June 1798
Francis Freeling June 1798–July 1836
Inspector of Packets
J. Bennett Bennot 1791–1814
Post Office officials and clerks
1797: 957/£54,030
1805: 1,063/£65,998
1810: 1,129/£73,167
1815: 1,214/£83,380
SOURCES
Ackroyd et al., Advancing with the Army; Army List; Bindoff et al., British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852; Cole, Arming the Navy; Collinge, Navy Board Officials 1660–1832 and Foreign Office Officials 1782–1870; Ferguson, ‘The Army in Ireland’; Glover, Peninsular Preparation; Gregory and Stevenson, Britain in the Eighteenth Century; Institute of Historical Research, ‘Officeholders in Modern Britain’, www.history.ac.uk; Joyce, History of the Post Office; Judd, Members of Parliament 1734–1832; Lloyd and Coulter, Medicine and the Navy, Vol. III, pp. 4–5; Moody, Martin and Byrne, A New History of Ireland, Vol. IX; Sainty, Treasury Officials 1660–1870, Officials of the Board of Trade 1660–1870, Admiralty Officials 1660–1870, Home Office Officials 1782–1870, Colonial Office Officials 1794–1870; Thorne, History of Parliament 1780–1820; Watson, Reign of George III; Parliamentary Papers, 1830–31 (92): Public Offices Employment, ‘Number of Persons employed, and of the Pay or Salaries granted to such Persons in all Public Offices or Departments, and in the Year 1797, and in the Years 1805, 1810, 1815 and 1819; showing the Increase in each of those Years, as compared with 1797’.
Appendix 2
Reports of Parliamentary Commissions and Enquiries Relating to the Army and Navy 1780–1812
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Reports of the commissioners appointed to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom
Fifteen reports, 1780–87*
Commissioners
Thomas Anguish (equity lawyer; accountant-general of the Court of Chancery; died 1786)
Arthur Piggott (previously agent in Grenada)
Richard Neave (director of the Bank of England, 1763–1811; governor, 1783–5)
Samuel Beachcroft (director of the Bank of England, 1760–73, 1777–96; governor, 1775–7)
George Drummond
William Roe (‘provincial man of business from Bristol’; later on Board of Customs, 1788–1819)
General Sir Guy Carleton (former governor of Quebec; commander-in-chief, America)
Office: Office of Accounts, Surrey Street; Bell Yard
REPORTS
1781
Third Treasurer of the Navy, completed 6 March
Fourth Paymasters-General of the Forces, completed 9 April
Fifth Richard Rigby, current Paymaster-General of the Forces, completed 28 November
1782
Sixth Treasurer of the Navy Pay Office and Pay Office of the Army, completed 11 February
Seventh Extraordinary Services of the Army in North America, completed 18 June
1783
Eighth Treasurer of the Navy and Auditors of Account, completed 23 January
Ninth Paymaster-General of the Forces, completed 31 March
Tenth Army Accounts in the Pay Office: Widows’ Pensions and Chelsea Hospital, completed 2 July
1784
Twelfth Treasurer of the Ordnance, completed 11 June
COMMISSION ON FEES
Reports of the commissioners appointed by Act 25 Geo. III, c. 19, to enquire into the Fees, Gratuities, Perquisites and Emoluments, which are or have been lately received into the several Public Offices therein mentioned
Reports, 1786–88*
Commissioners
Sir John Dick (comptroller of army accounts)
William Molleson (former comptroller of army accounts)
Francis Baring (MP; banker; chairman of the East India Company, 1792–3; baronetcy, 1793)
REPORTS
1786
First Secretaries of State, completed 11 April
Second Treasury, completed 20 June
1787
Third Admiralty, completed 27 December
1788
Fourth Treasurer of the Navy, completed 10 January
Fifth The Commissioners of the Navy, completed 14 February
Sixth The Dockyards, completed 10 March
Seventh The Sick and Hurt Office, completed 20 March
Eighth Victualling Office, completed 17 April
Ninth Naval and Victualling Departments at Foreign or Distant Ports, completed 1 May
Tenth Post Office, completed 30 June
All reports ordered to be printed 15 July 1806
COMMISSION ON NAVAL TIMBER
Reports of the commissioners appointed to enquire into the state and condition of the woods, forests and land revenues of the Crown
Reports, 1787–93*
Commissioners
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Middleton (comptroller of Navy Board, 7 August 1778–29 March 1790; Admiralty Board commissioner, 12 May 1794–20 November 1795; first lord of the Admiralty, as Lord Barham, 2 May 1805–10 February 1806)
John Call (MP; baronetcy, July 1791)
John Fordyce ((1735–1809) secretary to the commission; surveyor-general of Crown Lands, 1793–1809)
Office: Land Revenue Office, Scotland Yard
REPORTS
Eleventh On how His Majesty’s Navy may be better supplied with Timber, completed 13 February 1792
SELECT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Reports from the Select Committee on Finance
Thirty-six reports, 1797–8*
Chairman
Charles Abbot (MP)
Committee members
Henry Bankes (MP)
Dudley Ryder (MP)
REPORTS: COLLECTION OF THE PUBLIC REVENUE
1797
Seventh Post Office, completed 19 July
REPORTS: EXPENDITURE AND AUDITING ACCOUNTS
1797
Seventeenth Admiralty Board, Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, Marine Pay Office, completed 19 July
Eighteenth Transport Office, completed 19 July
Nineteenth Secretary at War, Comptrollers of Army Accounts, Paymaster-General, completed 19 July
Twentieth Barrack Office, completed 19 July
Twenty-first Office of Ordnance, completed 19 July
REPORTS: EXPENDITURE
1798
Thirty-first Admiralty, Dockyards and Transports
Thirty-second Victualling Office
Thirty-third Sick and Wounded Seamen
Thirty-fourth Chatham Chest, Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Hospital
Thirty-fifth Army Expenditure
Thirty-sixth Secretary at War, Judge Advocate General, Commissary-General of Musters, the Military Governments of Great Britain
COMMISSION OF NAVAL ENQUIRY
Reports of the commissioners appointed by Act 43 Geo. III, to enquire and examine into any Irregularities, Frauds or Abuses, which are or have been practised by Persons employed in the several Naval Departments, etc.
Reports, 1803–6*
Commissioners
Vice-Admiral Charles Morice Pole (MP)
Ewan Law (MP; lawyer)
John Ford (lawyer)
Captain Henry Nicholls, RN (comptroller of navy, 3 March–20 June 1806; later Admiral Sir Henry Nicholls)
William Mackworth Praed (serjeant-at-law)
Secretary
John Williams (Navy Board clerk; subsequently appointed by Thomas Grenville to be clerk of the cheque, Sheerness, 6 February 1807)
Office: Great George Street
REPORTS
1803
First Naval Storekeepers at Jamaica, printed 12 May
Second Chatham Chest, printed 6 June
Third Block contract, Coopers Contract, printed 13 June
Fourth
Prize Agency, printed 18 July
Fifth Sixpenny Office, printed 10 August
1804
Sixth Plymouth and Woolwich Dockyards, printed 2 May
Seventh Naval Hospital at East Stonehouse: Le Caton Hospital Ship, printed 11 July