Greenwich Hospital Act 1829
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1829 c. 25 |
(10 Geo. 4) C A P. XXV.
[22d May 1829]
'WHEREAS His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third did, by Letters Patent bearing Date the Sixth Day of December One thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, ordain, appoint, and establish, that certain Persons therein named, and their Successors, should for ever thereafter be One Body Politic and Corporate, in Deed and in Name, by the Name of ‘The Commissioners and Governors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich in the County of Kent ,’ and did give sundry Powers, Rights, and Authorities to such Corporation: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled Greenwich,in the Commissioners and Governors of the said Hospital incorporated by His Majesty's Letters Patent , all and every the Barony, Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Tithes, and Hereditaments, and Lighthouse Duties therein mentioned, together with the Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, and other Property, Rights, Gifts, Duties, and other Benefits in the said Act mentioned or referred to, were settled upon and vested in the said Corporation, their Successors, and Assigns for ever: And Whereas the said Corporation hath since acquired and become possessed of other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Goods, Effects, and Chattels, Rights and Interests: And Whereas it hath been deemed expedient that the said Corporation shall be dissolved and extinguished, and that all the Estates, Rights, and Interests heretofore vested in the said Corporation shall be for ever hereafter vested in the Commissioners hereinafter named, and their Successors, with certain Rights, Powers, and Authorities in relation thereto; and it hath also been deemed expedient that the Receipt, Payment, and Management of Naval Prize Money and Pension shall be altogether separated and removed from the said Hospital, and from the Commissioners for administering the Affairs of the said Institution, and shall be transferred to and placed under the Management of the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy:' Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliamentassembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act the said Act of the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty shall be and the same is hereby declared to be repealed; and that the Corporation of the Commissioners and Governors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen atGreenwich in the County of Kent shall be and the same is hereby declared to be for ever dissolved and extinguished; and that immediately thereupon the Estates of the said Corporation shall vest and are hereby vested in the Commissioners hereinafter named, and their Successors (to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned), as the Commissioners ofGreenwich Hospital, with the Powers, Authorities, and Duties, and for the Purposes hereinafter declared.
II Estates, &c. to be held by the Commissioners for the Benefit of the Hospital.
II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That all and every the Estates and Property whatsoever which shall be by this Act vested in the Commissioners ofGreenwich Hospital, and all Estates and Property whatsoever which may be hereafter vested in the said Commissioners as Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, shall be for ever held by the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital for the Time being, and their Successors, to and for the Use and Benefit of the said Royal Hospital, in as full and ample a Manner as the Corporation of the Commissioners and Governors of Greenwich Hospital held the same; and all Rights, Powers, and Authorities heretofore possessed or exercised, or which might have been legally exercised by the said Corporation of the Commissioners and Governors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich in the County of Kent , with respect to any of the Revenues or Rights of the said Hospital, and all Rights and Remedies for enforcing the same, shall (except as the same are hereby expressly limited or taken away) be possessed, exercised, and used by the said Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital for the Time being, and their Successors, in the Name of ‘The Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital,’ for the Benefit of the said Institution.
III General Controul over the Hospital, and over all Appointments therein, vested in the Admiralty.
III. And be it enacted, That the whole of the Affairs of the said Royal Hospital, and the Commissioners ofGreenwich Hospital hereby appointed, and their Successors, to be appointed as herein-after directed, and all other the Officers and Persons appointed to the said Hospital, and to any Situations connected therewith, and to the Schools of the said Hospital, shall be under the Authority, Controul, and Direction of the Lord High Admiral, or Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being; and the Appointment of all Officers of the said Hospital, Civil and Military, (except of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Commissioners of the said Hospital, who shall be appointed by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors,) and the Appointment of the Chaplains thereof, and of the Rectors, Vicars, and Perpetual Curates of the Livings and Chapelries belonging or which may belong to the said Hospital, and the establishing of Rules, Orders, and Regulations for the Guidance of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, and their Successors, in the Management of the Estates and Property of the said Hospital, and the Admission of Officers, Pensioners, and Nurses into the said Hospital, and the Salaries to be paid to all such Officers and Persons respectively, shall be exercised by and vested in the Lord High Admiral, or Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being, who shall have full Power to remove from the said Hospital, and from any Situation connected therewith, any Officer or other Person as aforesaid (except the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and such Commissioners, Rectors, Vicars, and Curates as aforesaid,) who shall be guilty of any Misbehaviour in their said respective Situations or Offices.
IV Commissioners appointed.
IV. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy now and for the Time being, and the First Commissioner of His Majesty's Woods and Forests now and for the Time being, shall always be Commissioners ofGreenwich Hospital by virtue of their respective Offices (but shall receive no Salaries as such Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital); and that the said Treasurer of the Navy and First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, together with Vice Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope , Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath , late One of the Commissioners and Governors and Treasurer of the said Royal Hospital, the Right Honourable George Lord Auckland , late One of the Commissioners and Governors and Auditor of the said Royal Hospital, and Edward Hawke Locker Esquire, late Secretary of the said Royal Hospital, shall be and they are hereby constituted and appointed the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital during His Majesty's Pleasure, and that they and their Successors, to be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned, shall be and be called ‘The Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital;’ and the said Commissioners and their Successors shall be subject to such Rules and Regulations, and shall receive such Salaries out of the Funds of Greenwich Hospital (except as to the Treasurer of the Navy and First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, who shall not as Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital receive any Salary,) as shall be from Time to Time established and granted by the Lord High Admiral or Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being.
V His Majesty may appoint new Commissioners.
V. And be it enacted, That when and so often as His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, shall at any Time hereafter be graciously pleased, by His or their Letters Patent, to appoint and nominate any Persons to be Commissioners forGreenwich Hospital, as the Successors of the Commissioners by this Act appointed by Name, or as the Successors of any Commissioners to be hereafter appointed by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, the Persons named in such Letters Patent, together with the Treasurer of the Navy for the Time being, and First Commissioner of Woods and Forests for the Time being, shall to all Intents and Purposes be the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, and shall be immediately invested with all the Rights, Powers, and Authorities by this or any other Act given or to be given to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital; and all the Estates, Baronies, Lordships, Manors, Advowsons, Messuages, Granges, Farms, Lands, Tithes, Mines, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Woods, Underwoods, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and Lighthouse Dues and Duties whatsoever and wheresoever, with their several Rights, Royalties, Members, and Appurtenances, together with all beneficial and other Leases, Funds, Fines, Mulcts, and other Monies accruing to the said Hospital, Legacies, Gifts, Annuities, Mortgages, Bonds, Rights, and Interests, shall immediately vest in the Persons so named and appointed as Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, and their Successors, in as full and ample a Manner as the same are in this Act given to or vested in the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital named in this Act: Provided always, that no Person named and appointed in this Act as a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, being a Member of the House of...
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