Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

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 Department was created in 1801. In 1854 it was split into the separate offices of Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.

Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854

Name		Entered office	Left office	Political party
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Lord Hobart	17 March 1801	12 May 1804	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	The Earl Camden	14 May 1804	10 July 1805	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Viscount Castlereagh	10 July 1805	5 February 1806	Tory
style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	William Windham	5 February 1806	25 March 1807	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Viscount Castlereagh	25 March 1807	1 November 1809	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	The Earl of Liverpool	1 November 1809	11 June 1812	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	The Earl Bathurst	11 June 1812	30 April 1827	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	The Viscount Goderich	30 April 1827	3 September 1827	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	William Huskisson	3 September 1827	30 May 1828	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	Sir George Murray	30 May 1828	22 November 1830	Tory
style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	The Viscount Goderich	22 November 1830	3 April 1833	Whig
style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	Hon. Edward Stanley	3 April 1833	5 June 1834	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Thomas Spring Rice	5 June 1834	14 November 1834	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party/meta/color" \|	The Duke of Wellington (caretaker)	17 November 1834	9 December	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Earl of Aberdeen	20 December 1834	8 April 1835	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Lord Glenelg	18 April 1835	20 February 1839	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Marquess of Normanby	20 February 1839	30 August 1839	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lord John Russell	30 August 1839	30 August 1841	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lord Stanley	3 September 1841	23 December 1845	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone	23 December 1845	27 June 1846	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Earl Grey	6 July 1846	21 February 1852	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Sir John Pakington, Bt	27 February 1852	17 December 1852	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" \|	The Duke of Newcastle	28 December 1852	10 June 1854	Peelite

History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth
Northern Department 1660–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries	Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries — Undersecretaries		—
	Southern Department 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries 1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office	Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	War and Colonial Office 1801–1854 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries — Undersecretaries		India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries	Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
			India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
		Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
	Commonwealth Office 1966–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Since 2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries