Paymaster of the Forces

Not to be confused with the post of Paymaster General, created in 1836 by the merger of the positions of Paymaster of the Forces, Treasurer of the Navy, Paymaster and Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital and Treasurer of the Ordnance.

His Majesty's Paymaster of the Forces
Office of HM Paymaster of the Forces
StyleThe Right Honourable
Inaugural holderSir Stephen Fox
Formation18 March 1661
Abolished1 December 1836
SuccessionPaymaster General
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The Paymaster of the Forces was a position in the British government. The office was established in 1661, one year after the Restoration of the Monarchy to Charles II of England, and was responsible for part of the financing of the British Army, in the improved form created by Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth. The full title was Paymaster-General of His Majesty's Forces. It was abolished in 1836, near the end of the reign of William IV, and was replaced by the new post of Paymaster General.