Paymaster of the Forces

E1999

British government office public office

Paymaster of the Forces was a senior British government office responsible for managing and disbursing funds for the army.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Paymaster General	6

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Army ⓘ
category	Defunct public office in the United Kingdom ⓘ Military history of the United Kingdom ⓘ War Office positions ⓘ
confersPower	control over large sums of public money ⓘ influence over army administration ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork	military administration ⓘ military finance ⓘ public finance ⓘ
hasDuty	holding army funds in trust ⓘ issuing pay warrants ⓘ keeping accounts of army expenditure ⓘ reporting military expenditure to the Treasury ⓘ
hasRisk	opportunities for corruption ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Georgian era ⓘ Victorian era ⓘ early modern Britain ⓘ
inception	17th century ⓘ
isPositionHeldBy	Crown appointee ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
officeHolderRole	Paymaster of the Forces self-link ⓘ
partOf	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government War Office ⓘ
regulatedBy	Acts of Parliament ⓘ HM Treasury ⓘ surface form: British Treasury
replacedBy	Paymaster of the Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Paymaster General
responsibleFor	disbursing funds for the army ⓘ managing funds for the army ⓘ paying army officers ⓘ paying enlisted soldiers ⓘ
subordinateTo	Secretary at War ⓘ Secretary of State for War ⓘ
usedFor	payment of army pensions ⓘ payment of army suppliers ⓘ payment of garrisons ⓘ payment of troops on campaign ⓘ