Committee of the Privy Council for trade and plantations 1786-1870: Marine department

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1974.

'Committee of the Privy Council for trade and plantations 1786-1870: Marine department', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870, (London, 1974) pp. 76-77. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol3/pp76-77 [accessed 19 April 2024]

Marine Department

Secretary 1850-3

This office was created in 1850 with a salary of £800. (fn. 1) It ceased to exist in 1853 when the Secretary was appointed an Assistant Secretary to the Board. (fn. 2)

APPOINTMENT
1850	15 Aug.	Farrer, T. H.

Clerks 1851-3

Two Clerks were apparently assigned to the Marine Department in 1851, the number being reduced to one in the following year. The remaining Clerk was absorbed into the ordinary establishment of the Board in 1853. (fn. 3) No information about their salaries has survived.

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
1851	Fanshawe, J. G.
1851	Beechey, F. S.

Professional Members 1850-70

Provision was made for two Professional Members, selected from amongst senior officers of the Royal Navy or Merchant Service, on the formation of the Marine Department in 1850. In 1853 they were placed under the immediate direction of the Board of Trade. Their salaries were originally £600. (fn. 4) In 1853 a scale was substituted beginning at £500 and rising by annual increments of £50 to £800. (fn. 5) In 1857 the starting level was raised to £600 and in 1863 fixed salaries of £800 were provided. (fn. 6)

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
1850	15 Aug.	Beechey, F. W.
1850	15 Aug.	Walker, W. H.
1857	26 March	Sulivan, B. J.
1865	29 May	Bedford, G. A.

Accountant 1851-3

See p. 57