Paymaster of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
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The office of Paymaster of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and the office of Co-Paymaster of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms is a bodyguard to the British Monarch. Until 17 March 1834 they were known as The Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.-Formation:...

, were offices created under the Great Seal
Great Seal of the Realm
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. These offices were appointed under Letters Patent
Letters patent
Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...

, which were mostly for the life of the office holder so appointed. The first appointment was on Oct. 30,1660.
List of Officers
  • Oct 30,1660 Sir Lewis Kirk
  • Sept 1,1664 John Kirk
  • Dec. 1,1685 Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1681.Thomas was created Baronet of Folkington in the County of Sussex, created in the Baronetage of England on 23 July 1660. He was Member of Parliament for Seaford from 1661 to 1681...

  • Apr. 4,1689 William Smythe esq.
  • May 31, 1718 William Moore
    William Moore
    William Moore, often known as Billy Moore , was an Ulster loyalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a member of the Shankill Butchers, an Ulster Volunteer Force gang...

     Smythe(1699–1746) M.P. Co-Paymaster
  • May 31, 1718 James Moore Smythe
    James Moore Smythe
    James Moore Smythe was an English playwright, fop,and wastrel. He was appointed by the King to the Office of, Co-Paymaster of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. He was born James Moore.He was the son of Arthur Moore M.P. , for Great Grimsby, and his 2nd wife Theophila Smythe, dau...

      Co-Paymaster
  • May 31, 1718 Arthur Moore Smythe Co-Paymaster
  • May 1, 1735 Sir Salisbury Cade
  • Mar.12,1761 C. Lloyd
  • June 29, 1765 P. Cade
  • June 17, 1799 R. Hunn
  • Dec.21,1803 William Gifford
    William Gifford
    William Gifford was an English critic, editor and poet, famous as a satirist and controversialist.-Life:Gifford was born in Ashburton, Devonshire to Edward Gifford and Elizabeth Cain. His father, a glazier and house painter, had run away as a youth with vagabond Bampfylde Moore Carew, and he...

  • May 2, 1827 Sir William Boothby 8th Bart.
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