Second Class Clerks 1816-70

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

'Second Class Clerks 1816-70', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, (London, 1975) pp. 51-52. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/pp51-52 [accessed 19 April 2024]

This grade was created in 1816 when provision was made for eleven Second Class Clerks. (fn. 1) In fact only seven were then appointed. (fn. 2) The number was reduced to six in 1821 when one of the clerkships was left vacant. (fn. 3) A seventh Second Class Clerk was again appointed in May 1832 and the number was fixed at nine when the establishment was revised in August of that year. (fn. 4) There were increases to ten in 1837, (fn. 5) to eleven in 1841, (fn. 6) to twelve in 1842, (fn. 7) to thirteen in 1863 (fn. 8) and to fourteen in 1866. (fn. 9) During the years 1847-50, 1855-7 and 1859-66 there were also either one or two acting Second Class Clerks. The number of Second Class Clerks was fixed at twelve in 1870. (fn. 10)

In 1816 the salary scale attached to the grade was fixed at £400 rising by annual increments of £10 to £600. (fn. 11) In 1822 this was reduced to £350 rising by annual increments of £10 to £550. (fn. 12) The amount of the annual increment was increased to £15 in 1837 (fn. 13) and to £20 in 1867. (fn. 14)

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS

1816	5 Feb.	Shepherd, G.
1816	5 Feb.	Bedford, H.
1816	5 Feb.	Innes, J. W.
1816	5 Feb.	Barker, F. E.
1816	5 Feb.	Clifton, M. W.
1816	5 Feb.	Mends, M. B.
1816	5 Feb.	Hay, J. H.
1819	21 Aug.	Creswell, W.
1821	17 July	Rouse, J.
1821	17 July	Biggs, L. J.
1822	22 Jan.	Biggs, L. J. (fn. 15)
1824	5 June	Mountain, W. J.
1824	17 June	Houghton, G. R.
1826	2 June	Miller, J.
1829	2 June	Barker, G. R.
1831	10 Feb.	Ryland, F.
1832	14 May	Croker, T. C.
1832	14 May	Dyer, J. J.
1832	14 May	Worth, G.
1832	20 July	Barrow, J.
1833	21 Jan.	Pennell, C. H.
1833	2 May	Evans, R. S.
1833	25 May	Clifton, F.
1834	15 Dec.	Briggs, J. H.
1835	28 March	Jesse, J. H.
1837	5 April	Middleton, A.
1837	5 April	Houghton, J. H. N.
1838	20 April	Wolley, H.
1841	17 Feb.	Clifton, W.
1841	13 March	Wolley, T.
1841	26 Aug.	Giffard, E.
1842	7 Nov.	Midlane, M. W.
1844	4 May	Jackson, J.
1846	25 July	Amedroz, H. F.
1847	24 May	Evans, W. F.
1847	8 Oct.	Baylee, H. W.
1847	9 Oct.	Hamilton, R. W. (acting)
1849	9 Jan.	Hamilton, R. W.
1849	9 Jan.	James, T. (acting)
1850	4 June	James, T.
1850	4 June	Hay, J. H.
1853	18 Nov.	Piers, O. B.
1853	30 Dec.	O'Reilly, C. W.
1853	30 Dec.	Sheridan, J.
1854	12 April	Innes, A. W.
1854	16 Aug.	Bell, R.
1854	19 Oct.	Proby, C. J.
1855	22 Feb.	Grant, T. G.
1855	15 Dec.	Graves, F. (acting)
1856-7		Piers, O. B. (fn. 16)
1856-7		Graves, F.
1858	27 Jan.	Perrier, J.
1858	14 Oct.	Locker, F.
1859	21 Feb.	Paris, J. R. (acting)
1859	1 June	Paris, J. R.
1859	15 June	Kennedy, C. S.
1859	27 Aug.	Drummond, W. (acting)
1861	18 July	Drummond, W.
1861	18 July	Kempe, C. N. (acting)
1861	18 July	Pennell, H. C. (acting)
1861-2		Kempe, C. N.
1861-2		Pennell, H. C.
1861-2		Swainson, E. N. (acting)
1861-2		Fonblanque, B. A. (acting)
1862		West, A. E.
1862		Swainson, E. N.
1862		Noel, J. G. (acting)
1865	13 July	Fonblanque, B. A.
1865	13 July	Scott, J. (acting)
1865	21 Nov.	Noel, J. G.
1865	21 Nov.	Callander, R. J. (acting)
1865		Scott, J.
1865		Senior, J. (acting)
1866	22 Jan.	Callander, R. J.
1866	22 Jan.	Spalding, A. F. M. (acting)
1866	8 Feb.	Senior, J.
1866	8 Feb.	Carroll, H. A. (acting)
1866	28 Sept.	Spalding, A. F. M.
1866	28 Sept.	Dundas, H. (acting)
1866	9 Oct.	Dundas, H.
1866	9 Oct.	Anderson, N. R. (acting)
1866	6 Nov.	Anderson, N. R.
1866	6 Nov.	Whish, G. C. (acting)
1867	8 May	Gordon, F. F.
1867	7 Oct.	Domvile, H. W.
1867	21 Oct.	Miller, J. V.
1868	27 Oct.	Dormer, Hon. H. F.
1870	31 March	Macgregor, E.
1870	31 March	de Vismes, A. M.
1870	31 March	Awdry, R. D.