Controller of Storekeepers Accounts

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Office of the Controller of Storekeepers Accounts
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Department of the Admiralty
Member of Navy Board (1671-1796)
Appointer Prime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council
Term length Not fixed (usually for life)
Inaugural holderSir John Ernle
Formation1671-1796

The Controller of Storekeepers Accounts also known as the Comptroller of Storekeepers Accounts [1] was a principal member of the Navy Board who was responsible for managing and processing all naval store-keeping accounts and deliveries to naval yards from 1671 to 1796 he was based in the Navy Office he superintended the Office for Examining Storekeepers Accounts.

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History

The post was created in 1671, the Controller of Storekeeper Accounts department was responsible for examining all Naval Stores delivered to various storekeepers at all naval yards, in addition to auditing all their accounts. From 1796 the post was abolished and the work of this office was co-ordinated to some extent by the Navy Board's Committee of Accounts, which itself was replaced for the last few years of the Board's existence in 1832 by the Accountant-General who was one of the principal officers of the Board. In 1796 a new stores department was created from the responsibilities of the former controller of storekeepers.

List of controllers

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