Controller of Victualling Accounts

Royal Navy civilian officer

Office of the Controller of Victualling Accounts
Flag of the Navy Board shown for illustrative purposes
Department of the Admiralty
Member of	Navy Board (1667-1796)
Appointer	Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council
Term length	Not fixed
Inaugural holder	Sir William Penn
Formation	1667-1796

The Controller of Victualling Accounts also called Comptroller of Victualling Accounts^[1] was a civilian officer in the Royal Navy who was also a principal member of the Navy Board from 1667 until 1796, he was responsible for examining the accounts of bills made out by the Victualling Board on behalf of the Navy Board.^[2] He was based at the Navy Office. He superintended the Office for Examining Victualling Accounts.

History

The post was created in 1667 to relieve the Comptroller of the Navy of one of his original duties, when the Victualling Board was established in 1683 the controller remained responsible for examining all invoices and payments made of the new board until 1796, when the Navy Board was reconstituted: and the post of the three Controllers of Accounts were abolished along with the Clerk of the Acts. In 1832 when the Navy Board was abolished the responsibility for victualling accounts was absorbed by the Office of Comptroller of Victualling and Transports under the Board of Admiralty until 1869 then that office was also abolished the replaced by the Victualling Department.

List of controllers of victualling accounts

Included:^[3]
^[4]

Sir William Penn, 16 January 1667 – 16 June 1669
Sir Jeremiah Smith, 17 June 1669 – 24 November 1675
Sir Anthony Deane, 25 November 1675 – 28 April 1680
Sir John Narborough, 29 April 1680 – 11 October 1688
Sir John Berry, 12 October 1688- 2 May 1690
Sir Richard Beach, 3 May 1690 – 13 March 1693
Samuel Pett, 14 March 1693 – 28 February 1699
Sir Cloudesley Shovell, 1 March 1699 – 3 January 1705
Benjamin Timewell, 4 January 1705 – 15 November 1714
Richard Burton, 16 November 1714 – 22 December 1717
John Fawler, 23 December 1717 – 6 June 1744
Francis Gashry, 7 June 1744 – 26 July 1747
Robert Osborn, 27 July 1747 – 21 July 1771
Charles Proby, 22 July 1771 – 20 December 1771
Thomas Hanway 21 December 1771 – 27 October 1772
George Marsh, 28 October 1772 – 15 July 1773
Captain James Gambier, 16 July 1773- 1 September 1773
William Palmer, 2 September 1773 – 1796

References

^ Parliament, Great Britain; Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of; Lords, Great Britain Parliament House of (1783). "History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons". J. Almon, p. 328. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^ Colling, J. M. "Principal officers and commissioners, Navy Board, British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. University of London, 1978. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^ Collinge, J.M. "Principal officers and commissioners Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 7, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832. Originally published by University of London, London, 1978, British History Online". british-history.ac.uk. University of London, 1978, pp.18-25. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ Beatson, Robert (1788). A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland: Or, A Complete Register of the Hereditary Honours, Public Offices, and Persons in Office, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. G. G. J. & J. Robinson. pp. 348-349. Comptroller of Storekeepers Accounts Charles. Cornwall.

Sources

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 7, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832, ed. J M Collinge (London, 1978), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol7 [accessed 25 March 2017].

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Lieutenant of the Admiralty, (1546-1564)
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Comptroller of the Navy, (1546-1660)
Surveyor of the Navy, (1546-1832)
Clerk of the Navy, (1546-1660)
Master of Naval Ordnance, (1546-1589)
Keeper of the Storehouses, (1546-1560)
Surveyor of Marine Victuals, (1550-1679)
Treasurer of the Navy and Senior Commissioner, (1564-1660)
Comptroller of the Navy and Chairman of the Board, (1660-1832)
Treasurer of the Navy, (1660-1832)
Clerk of the Acts, (1660-1796)
Controller of Treasurer Accounts, (1667-1796)
Controller of Victualling Accounts, (1667-1796)
Controller of Storekeepers Accounts, (1671-1796)
Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services, (1800-1832)
Commissioners for Current Business, (1686-1688)
Commissioners for Old Accounts, 1686-1688)
Commissioners for Examining Accounts (Incurred), (1688-1689)
Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, (1793-1813), (1829-1832)
Pay Commissioner, (1796-1814)
Civil Architect and Engineer of the Navy, (1808-1812)
Surveyor of Buildings, (1813-1832)
Surveyor of Dockyards, (1813-1832)
Accountant-General of the Navy, (1829-32)
Superintendent of Transport, (1829-1831)
Storekeeper-General of the Navy, (1829-32)

Subsidiary boards

Resident Commissioners
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home yards

Resident Commissioner, Chatham Dockyard, (1631-1829)
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Resident Commissioner, Plymouth Dockyard, (1691-1822)
Resident Commissioner, Deptford Dockyard, (1714-1823)
Resident Commissioner, Sheerness Dockyard, (1793-1822)
Resident Commissioner, Devonport Dockyard, (1823-1832)

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Resident Commissioner, Jamaica Yard, (1675-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Cadiz Yard, (1694)
Resident Commissioner, Bombay Yard
Resident Commissioner, Kinsale Yard, (1694-1713)
Resident Commissioner, Gibraltar Yard, (1704-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Antigua Yard, (1707-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Ascension Yard, (1728-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Port Mahon Yard, (1742-1763)
Resident Commissioner, Halifax Yard, (1759-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Barbados Yard, (1779-1783, 1810)
Resident Commissioner, Kingston Yard, (1783-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Ajaccio Yard, (1794-1799)
Resident Commissioner, Bermuda Dockyard, (1795-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Amherstburg Yard, (1796-1813)
Resident Commissioner, Quebec Yard, (1804-1826)
Resident Commissioner, Malta Dockyard, (1805-1832)
Resident Commissioner, Madras Yard, (1808-1817)
Resident Commissioner, Cape of Good Hope Yard, (1808-1822)
Resident Commissioner, Bombay Dockyard, (1808-1816)
Resident Commissioner, Trincomalee Dockyard, (1810-1832)

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