Office of the Paymaster of the Marines (Navy Board)
Office of the Paymaster of the Marines (Navy Board)
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Preceded by Marine Pay Department
Department Navy Pay Office
Reports to Treasurer of the Navy
Nominator First Lord of the Admiralty
Appointee Monarch of the England
Term Length Not fixed
First and Final post holder William Robinson
Formation 1831–1832
Succeeded by Board of Admiralty

The office of the Paymaster of the Marines to the Navy Board was established in 1831 following the abolition of Marine Pay Department that was a subordinate department of the Admiralty that its own paymasters for the marines. This office was a subsidiary office of the Navy Pay Office. The post holder was responsible for processing payments to the Corps of the Royal Marines until the Navy Pay Office was abolished in 1832 as part of reforms of HM Naval Service.

1) History

Following the abolition of the Marine Pay Department in 1831, William Robinson, a second class Clerk in that Department, was transferred to the Navy Board with the title of the Paymaster of the Marines to the Navy Board. The post holder was responsible for processing payments to the Corps of the Royal Marines until the Navy Pay Office was abolished in 1832 as part of reforms of HM Naval Service.

2) Office Holders

2.1) Paymaster of the Marines (Navy Board)

  1. 1831-1832, William Robinson

3) Sources

  1. 'Paymaster of Marines 1831-2 ', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 7, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832, ed. J M Collinge (London, 1978), p. 33. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol7/p33 [accessed 5 December 2018].
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