Messengers, Extra Messengers and Board Room Messengers c. 1694-1870

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1975.

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'Messengers, Extra Messengers and Board Room Messengers c. 1694-1870', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, ed. J C Sainty( London, 1975), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/pp70-71 [accessed 16 November 2024].

Messengers, Extra Messengers and Board Room Messengers c. 1694-1870

Provision was made for two Servants to the Head Messenger, each with a salary of £25, in the establishment of 1694. (fn. 1) In the course of time they came to be known as Assistant Messengers or simply as Messengers. One of the offices was left vacant between 1698 and 1710. In 1711 a distinction was made between the First and Second Messengers, the latter usually being promoted to the senior post when it fell vacant. The salary of the First Messenger was then fixed at £30; that of the Second at £20. In 1717 these sums were raised to £40 and £30 respectively. (fn. 2) Between 1756 and 1760 there was an additional Messenger with a salary of £30. (fn. 3) In 1800 the salaries of the two Messengers were fixed at £60 and £50. (fn. 4) That of the First Messenger was raised to £80 in 1804; that of the Second to £70 in April 1806. (fn. 5)

In 1795 two Extra Messengers were appointed with salaries of £30 which were raised to £40 in 1800. (fn. 6) In September 1806 the four offices were consolidated into a single class and designated Board Room Messengers to distinguish them from the distinct class of Hall Messengers. (fn. 7) One of the offices was left vacant between 1816 and 1827. The salary provided in 1806 was £100 which was raised to £150 in 1811. (fn. 8) In 1831 the Messengers were placed on a daily pay of 9s 7d. In 1840 they were once again given salaries of £150. In 1859 it was provided that the two senior Messengers should receive £150 and the two junior £120. (fn. 9) A fifth Board Room Messenger was appointed in 1868. (fn. 10)

LISTS OF APPOINTMENTS
MESSENGERS

By 1694		Burrows, J.
By 1694		Claridge, T.
1696		Golding, E.
1697		Thompson, W.
1705		Bennet, L.
1708		Wright, G.
1709-10		Owen, P.
1711		Elliston, R.
1714	17 Sept.	Nicholls, T.
1715	9 Nov.	Gould, J.
1716	7 June	Pell, W.
1717	26 July	Rogers, J.
1729	3 Oct.	Woolley, J.
1734	25 Feb.	Gough, J.
1738	8 Dec.	Gough, B.
1748	5 Aug.	Collett, J.
1751	31 July	Tranter, T.
1756	5 June	Cooke, W.
1756	5 June	Hutchinson, R.
1763	30 Sept.	Butler, T.
1768	26 April	Haysom, J.
1777	27 March	Downing, W.
1778	4 July	Man, J.
1781	7 Nov.	Hill, J.
1788	24 June	Potts, R.
1792	6 Aug.	Powell, J.
1798	20 Feb.	Eastwood, J.
1799	26 Nov.	Klyne, J.
1806	26 April	Woolley, J.
EXTRA MESSENGERS
1795	13 Aug.	Winchester, J.
1795	13 Aug.	Evans, E.
1800	11 April	Woolley, J.
1804	28 Jan.	Nye, J. J.
1806	26 April	Lilburn, G.
BOARD ROOM MESSENGERS
1806	24 Sept.	Klyne, J.
1806	24 Sept.	Woolley, J.
1806	24 Sept.	Nye, J. J.
1806	24 Sept.	Lilburn, G.
1813	19 May	Heald, W.
1820	24 Jan.	Metcalf, J.
1820	1 April	Laplume, G. P.
1820	27 May	Christie, J.
1827	27 April	Haynes, J.
1828	25 March	Powell, C.
1833	15 Jan.	Sivewright, C.
1841	24 Aug.	Chown, W.
1845	7 April	Groves, J.
1846	28 Aug.	Giles, J.
1850	19 June	Priest, C.
1854		Winter, N.
1860	23 Sept.	Ives, G.
1864	17 Feb.	Styan, W.
1864	23 April	Wild, A.
1867	28 Oct.	Ansell, J.
1868	29 July	Weaver, J. F.
1868	5 Aug.	Roberts, J.