Rules and Orders for Granting Pensions to the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy.

To be in force from and after 30 Jun 1830.

Art. 1.- Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy may be allowed Pensions as hereinafter directed, and subject to the following restrictions, provided they shall appear to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to be proper and deserving Objects of the Public Bounty, and not left in wealthy circumstances.

Art. 2.- The rates of pension shall be as follows, viz. :-

The widows of Boatswains, Gunners and Carpenters, of the Royal Navy, and Warranted Masters of Naval Vessels, appointed prior to 30 June 1830, will, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to Pensions of £25 ; but no widow of any of the above named warrant officers who shall have been warranted after that date shall have any claim whatever to a pension.

Art. 3.- The Pensions of all widows shall commence from the first day of the month following that in which their husbands died, provided application be made by the widow within 12 months from the same, otherwise from the time of such application ; and all applications for pensions must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty.

Art. 4.- The widows of officers (except Chaplains) who marry after 31 Dec 1830, will only be entitled to the pensions of their respective classes in the event of their husbands having been on the list of commission or warrant officers ten complete years, except the husband be killed in action, or lose his life in the execution of the service.

Art. 5.- No widow shall receive a pension as a Chaplain’s widow, unless her husband shall have been in Priest’s Orders, nor unless his name was on the list at the time of his death, nor unless she shall have been married during, or prior to, her husband’s service in the Navy, and unless her husband shall have served three years in sea-going ships, or four years in Guard Ships, subsequent to their marriage, or shall, in the whole, have served the length of time to entitle him to his half-pay.

Art. 6.- No widow shall be entitled to the pension who has not been married 12 months to the officer by whose rights she claims the same, unless the said officer was killed or drowned in the Sea Service ; but the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may grant the pension in the cases of officers dying before the expiration of the 12 months from the time of their marriage, in such cases as they think proper.

Art. 7.- If any officer shall marry after the age of 60 years his widow shall not be entitled to receive the pension ; or, if being capable of service, he should, at his own solicitation, be excused from it, being at the time warned that his widow would thereby forfeit the pension.

Art. 8.- The above pension shall not be reserved by any widow who shall have any other pension from the government.

Art. 9.- Widows who shall re-marry after the 31 Dec 1830, shall forfeit their pensions.

Art. 10.- The pensions of widows who are re-married, or may re-marry before 31 Dec 1830, shall be paid to themselves, and their receipts shall, not withstanding their coverture, be deemed sufficient discharge for the payment of their pensions.

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