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A notable office in British government between the 16th and early 19th centuries, the Treasurer of the Navy 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
- Robert Legge 1546-1549
- Benjamin Gonson 1549-1577
- John Hawkins 1577-1595
- Fulk Greville 1598-1604
- Sir Robert Mansell 1604-1618
- Sir William Russell 1618-1627
- Sackvill Crowe 1627-1630
- 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 AislabieJohn Aislabie ( December 4, 1670- June 18, 1742) was a British politician, notable for his involvement in the South Sea Bubble and for creating the water garden at Studley Royal. Aislabie's family were originally Baltic merchants who settled in York. 1714-1718
- Richard Hampden 1718-1720
- George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington 1720-1724
- Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington 1724-1734
- Arthur OnslowArthur Onslow ( October 1, 1691 February 17, 1768), English politician, elder son of Foot Onslow (d. 1710), was born at Chelsea. Educated at Winchester and at Wadham College, Oxford, he became a barrister and in 1720 entered parliament as a member for the 1734-1742
- Thomas Clutterbuck 1742
- Sir Charles Wager 1742-1743
- Sir John Rushout 1743-1744
- George Dodington 1744-1749
- Henry Legge 1749-1754
- George GrenvilleGeorge Grenville ( October 14, 1712 November 13, 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of nine years (reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain); Sir Robert Walpole served as Prime Minis 1756-1756
- George Dodington 1756
- George GrenvilleGeorge Grenville ( October 14, 1712 November 13, 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of nine years (reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain); Sir Robert Walpole served as Prime Minis 1756-1762
- William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington 1762-1765
- Richard Howe, 4th Viscount HoweRichard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ( March 8, 1726 August 5, 1799) was a British admiral. He was born in London, the second son of Emmanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, who died governor of Barbados in March 1735, and of Mary Sophia Charlotte, a daughter of B 1765-1770
- Sir Gilbert ElliotGilbert Elliot can refer to: Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto. 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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