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    His Majesty's Paymaster General or HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The position is currently...
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  • British government are Paymaster of the Forces, Paymaster General and Paymaster of Pensions. The primary purpose of a paymaster is to receive fees in escrow...
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  • created by Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth. The full title was Paymaster-General of His Majesty's Forces. It was abolished in 1836, near the end of...
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    Minister for the Cabinet Office since 8 July 2024. He also serves as Paymaster General alongside his position. The most recent responsibilities are: Oversight...
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    in the May Government as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from 2017 to 2019 and as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President...
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    The Paymaster General Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 81) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act abolished the practice of the heads of subordinate...
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    Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (category Paymasters of the Forces)
    Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1755 to 1756 and Paymaster of the Forces from 1757 to 1765, enriching himself while holding the latter...
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    2011 to 2024. He had served as Shadow Paymaster General from September 2023. Having lost his seat at the 2024 general election, he was appointed chief executive...
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    by a paymaster general with the rank of colonel, two deputy paymasters general with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and twenty-five paymasters with the...
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    Kingdom in 1949, Macdonald joined the government of Clement Attlee as Paymaster General, elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor....
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