Treasurer of the Navy
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The Treasurer of the Navy, originally called Treasurer of Marine Causes or Paymaster of the Navy, was a civilian officer of the Royal Navy, one of the principal commissioners of the Navy Board responsible for naval finance from 1524 to 1832. The treasurer was based at the Navy Pay Office.
Navy Board flag
Sir Henry Parnell was the last Treasurer of the Navy
Admiral Sir John Hawkins was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader.
The coat of arms granted to John Hawkins by Queen Elizabeth I in 1565, showing an enslaved man.
Hawkins chartered Queen Elizabeth I's Jesus of Lübeck.
The Spanish Armada in 1588