Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet-level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
History
The Department was created in 1801.[1] In 1854 it was split into the separate offices of Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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List of secretaries of state (1801–1854)
| Secretary | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Monarch (Reign)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg | Robert Hobart Baron HobartScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801 |
12 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1804 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | Template:Party shading/Tories | Addington | George III File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg (1760–1820)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [Note 1] |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:John Jeffreys Pratt (1759–1840), Marquis Camden by William Salter.jpg | John Pratt 2nd Earl CamdenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1804 |
10 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1805 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories | Pitt II | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Castlereagh Marquess of Londonderry.jpg | Robert Stewart Viscount CastlereaghScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for BoroughbridgeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1805 |
5 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:William Windham by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg | William Windham MP for New RomneyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806 |
25 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1807 |
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | All the Talents (WhigTemplate:NdashTory)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Castlereagh Marquess of Londonderry.jpg | Robert Stewart Viscount CastlereaghScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Plympton ErleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1807 |
1 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1809 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | Template:Party shading/Tories | Portland II | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool by Sir Thomas Lawrence (cropped).jpg | Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of LiverpoolScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1809 |
11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1812 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | Template:Party shading/Tories | Perceval | |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter.jpg | Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl BathurstScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1812 |
30 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827 |
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories | Liverpool | |
| George IV File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg | |||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence cropped.jpg | F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount GoderichScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827 |
3 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Canning (Canningite–Whig)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:William Huskisson by Richard Rothwell.jpg | William Huskisson MP for LiverpoolScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827 |
30 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1828 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Goderich (Canningite–Whig)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:George Murray Portrait.jpg | George Murray MP for PerthshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1828 |
22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1830 |
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories | Wellington–Peel | |
| William IV File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg | |||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence cropped.jpg | F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount GoderichScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1830 |
3 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1833 |
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs | Grey | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg | Edward Smith-Stanley MP for North LancashireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1833 |
5 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:1stBaronMonteagle.jpg | Thomas Spring Rice MP for CambridgeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
14 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | Template:Party shading/Whigs | Melbourne I | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg | Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of WellingtonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
9 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
Template:Party shading/Tories | Tory | Template:Party shading/Tories | Wellington Caretaker | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Earlofaberdeen.jpg | George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of AberdeenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
8 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1835 |
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative | Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Peel I | |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Lord-glenelg.jpg | Charles Grant 1st Baron GlenelgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1835 |
20 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1839 |
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Whigs | Melbourne II | |
| Victoria File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg | |||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby by John Jackson.jpg | Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess of NormanbyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1839 |
30 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1839 |
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Lord john russell.jpg | John Russell MP for StroudScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1839 |
30 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1841 |
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg | Edward Smith-Stanley Baron Stanley of BickerstaffeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [Note 2] |
3 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1841 |
23 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1845 |
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Peel II | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:William Ewart Gladstone CDV 1861 for infobox.jpg | William Ewart Gladstone [Note 3] |
23 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1845 |
27 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1846 |
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:3rdEarlGrey.jpg | Henry Grey 3rd Earl GreyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1846 |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
Template:Party shading/Whigs | Whig | Template:Party shading/Whigs | Russell I | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:John Pakington 1st Baron Hampton (cropped).jpg | John Pakington MP for DroitwichScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
17 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Conservative | Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Who? Who? | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:5thDukeOfNewcastle.jpg | Henry Pelham-Clinton 5th Duke of NewcastleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
10 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1854 |
Template:Party shading/Peelite | Peelite | Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) | Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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- Notes
UK History of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
References
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