Paymaster of Pensions
In 18th century Britain, the Paymaster of Pensions was the official in charge of payments of and bounties. The first paymaster was in 1703, and the post was abolished in 1782 by the Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782 (22 Geo. III, c. 82).
List of Paymasters of Pensions[]
- 1703–1707 Edward Nicholas
- 1707–1713 Hon. Spencer Compton
- 1713–1715 Edward Nicholas
- 1715 (August–September) Edward Godfrey
- 1715–1718 William Clayton
- 1718–1731 Walter Chetwynd
- 1731–1742 William Stewart
- 1742–1744
- 1744–1745 Benjamin Keene
- 1745–1755 Hon.
- 1755–1763 William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage
- 1763–1765 Richard Neville
- 1765–1782 William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage
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- 1703 establishments in England
- 1782 disestablishments in Great Britain
- History of the British Isles
- Paymasters