The Comptroller General had responsibility for authorising the issue of public monies from the Treasury to government departments.
The post was created in the Act to Regulate the Office of the Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer of 1834, coming into effect on 11 October that year.
[2] The Comptroller General was given custody of all the records of the Exchequer of Receipt, including standard weights and measures and standard pieces of gold, silver, and copper.
He was replaced on 18 April 1835 by Thomas Spring Rice, later Lord Monteagle of Brandon, who also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The holder of the position received the generous salary of £2,000 per year, and the office became widely seen as an extravagant and unnecessary sinecure.