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Paymaster General's Office

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Alternative name(s):
  • Office of HM Paymaster General (Also known as)
Date: 1835-
History: Before 1835 there were four separate departments dealing with the pay and related matters of the armed services: the Paymaster General of the Forces, the Paymaster and Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital, the Treasurer of Ordnance, and the Treasurer of the Navy. These four offices were consolidated in 1835 in the office of Paymaster General. The Paymaster General's Office acts as paying agent for government departments other than the revenue departments. The Office is also responsible for the payment of many types of public service pensions. In 2008 the Office was incorporated into a new body, the Government Banking Service.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C276526
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1814-1921: Army Establishment: Pensions for Wounds
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 9
2
1849-1921: Treasury: Books of Out-letters to the Stationery Office and others
The National Archives, Kew
T 20
3
1914-1921: Treasury: Books of Out-letters to Paymaster General
The National Archives, Kew
T 135
4
From 2002: Office of HM Paymaster General Website
The National Archives, Kew
PMG 76
5
1884-1968: Court of Chancery: Office of the Paymaster General: Carryings Over of Accounts
The National Archives, Kew
J 341
6
1720-2002: Records of the Paymaster General's Office and predecessors
The National Archives, Kew
PMG
7
1967-1970: Paymaster General's Office and Minister without Portfolio's Office: Government Information Co-ordination (MB and BN File Series): Files
The National Archives, Kew
CAB 151
8
1930-1979: Records of the Offices of Non-Departmental Ministers attached to the War Cabinet and Cabinet Offices
The National Archives, Kew