Paymaster of the Forces

E1999

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

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

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

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cabinet Office hasMinisterialHead Paymaster of the Forces
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Paymaster of the Forces officeHolderRole Paymaster of the Forces self-link
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Charles Townshend positionHeld Paymaster of the Forces
Henry Pelham positionHeld Paymaster of the Forces
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Kenneth Clarke positionHeld Paymaster of the Forces
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
Pitt the Elder positionHeld Paymaster of the Forces
Robert Walpole positionHeld Paymaster of the Forces
Shirley Williams positionHeld Paymaster of the Forces
this entity surface form: Paymaster General
William Pitt the Elder positionHeld Paymaster of the Forces
Paymaster of the Forces replacedBy Paymaster of the Forces self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Paymaster General