Porter 1676-1870

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1975.

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'Porter 1676-1870', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, (London, 1975) pp. 72. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/p72 [accessed 23 April 2024]

Porter 1676-1870

A Porter with a salary of £20 was attached to the Admiralty between 1676 and 1678 and between 1686 and 1689. (fn. 1) Provision was made for a Porter with a salary of £30 in the establishment of 1694. (fn. 2) The salary was raised to £50 in 1800. (fn. 3) In 1832 the remuneration was fixed at 10s 3d a day. A salary of £160 was substituted in 1840. (fn. 4)

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
1676 Harris, J.
1686 Barsley, E.
1688 Gaspy, J.
By 1694 Hartwell, M.
1694-5 Baker, J.
1698 20 Sept. Thompson, W.
1714 17 Sept. Elliston, R.
1731 30 April Elliston, G.
1732 3 April Elliston, R. (fn. 5)
1732 5 July Mears, J.
1756 5 June Collett, J.
1763 30 Sept. Cooke, W.
1768 21 April Hutchinson, R.
1786 23 Dec. Housen, G.
1804 2 May Morris, J.
1806 2 May Newbegin, J.
1817 4 Nov. Fetter, G. P.
1820 1 April Nutland, J.
1837 3 Feb. Cox, H.
1846 11 June Guy, J.
1862 2 April Carter, T.

Footnotes

  • 1. AO 1/1715/120; AO 1/1717/127; AO 1/1719/132.
  • 2. SPB, ii ff. 50-1.
  • 3. Order in council 15 Jan. 1800 (HC 138 p. 4 (1816) xiii, 172).
  • 4. Order in council 10 Nov. 1840 (PC 2/222 pp. 543-6).
  • 5. Reappointed.