The Controller of Victualling Accounts also called Comptroller of Victualling Accounts was a civilian officer in the
Royal Navy
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who was also a principal member of the
Navy Board
The Navy Board (formerly known as the Council of the Marine or Council of the Marine Causes) was the Regulatory agency, commission responsible for the day-to-day civil administration of the Royal Navy between 1546 and 1832. The board was headqua ...
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. 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
The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not always occupied, the purpose was to enable management of the day-to-day operational requi ...
until 1869 then that office was also abolished the replaced by the
Victualling Department.
List of controllers of victualling accounts
Included:
*
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
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell ( – 22/23 October 1707) was an Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain he fo ...
, 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
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
ccessed 25 March 2017
External links
{{Admiralty Department, state=collapsed
George Marsh 1722-1800, Commissioner of the Navy https://jjhc.info/marshgeorge1800
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