The Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy, often called the Victualling Commissioners or Victualling Board, was the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy. It oversaw the vast operation of providing naval personnel with enough food, drink and supplies to keep them fighting fit, sometimes for months at a time, in whatever part of the globe they might be stationed. It existed from 1683 until 1832 when its function was first replaced by the Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services until 1869 then that office was also abolished and replaced by the Victualling Department.
Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Baronet, of Thirkleby in Yorkshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for over 30 years between 1708 and 1741.
Sir George Warren KB, of Poynton Lodge in Cheshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1758 and 1796.
Samuel Egerton was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1780.
Henry Lee of Dungeon, Canterbury was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1685 and 1715.
George Crowle, of Springhead, near Hull, Yorkshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1724 to 1747.
Arthur Moore M.P., of Fetcham Park, Surrey, was an Irish businessman, economist and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1722.
Colonel John Selwyn of Matson, Gloucestershire,a British Army officer, courtier and politician, sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1751.
William Egerton (1684–1732) was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons almost continuously from 1706 to 1732.
William Kirkpatrick of Ellisland and Shaws was a Scottish lawyer, academic and politician.
Thomas Salusbury, of Shotwick Park, near Chester, born as Thomas Brereton, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1724 and 1756. He was also Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
Horatio Townshend was an English banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1734.
Sir Roger Burgoyne, 6th Baronet, of Sutton, Bedfordshire, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1735 to 1747.
Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet of Shipton Court, Oxfordshire was a British courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 34 years from 1713 to 1747.
Lucius Ferdinand Cary, Master of Falkland (1735–1780) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
George Huxley, of Stoke, Buckinghamshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1741.
Lieutenant-General James Scott, of Commieston, Kincardine, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1734. He served in the Scots Guards for 51 years
Sir George Saunders of St Olave's, Hart Street, London, was a Royal Navy officer, British official, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734.
Sir Miles Stapylton 4th Baronet, of Myton, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1750. He was initially a Tory but after joining the Prince of Wales party in the mid 1740s, went over to the Whigs.
Stephen Bisse, of Wimbledon, Surrey, was a British merchant and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1741. He was associated with the Victualling Office for most of his life.
