The Paymaster of the Forces was a British government position. It was occasionally a cabinet-level post in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and many future prime ministers served as Paymaster. The office was responsible for part of the financing of the army. It was abolished in 1836.
Thomas Steele and George CanningGeorge Canning ( 11 April 1770- 8 August 1827) was a politician and, briefly, British Prime Minister. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, at the expense of his banker uncle, Canning's own father having died when he was a baby. He be 1800-1801
Thomas Steele and Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie 1801-1803
George RoseGeorge Rose ( 17 June 1744 13 January 1818) was a British politician. He was educated at Westminster School, afterwards entering the Royal Navy, a service which he left in 1762 after he had taken part in some fighting in the West Indies. He then obtained and Lord Charles Henry Somerset 1804-1806
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Earl TempleRichard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ( 1776- 1839), was the son and successor of George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham and the grandson of prime minister George Grenville. He was created, and Lord John Townshend 1806-1807
Charles Long and Lord Charles Henry Somerset 1807-1813
Charles Long and Frederick John RobinsonFrederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon ( November 1, 1782 January 28, 1859), known as Frederick John Robinson (until 1827), Viscount Goderich (1827-1833), and Earl of Ripon (1833 onwards), was a British statesman and Prime Minister (when he was known 1813-1817
