Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable[Note 1] |
| Member of | Cabinet · Privy Council · Parliament |
| Appointer | Monarch of the United Kingdom based on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 17 March 1801 |
| First holder | The Lord Hobart |
| Final holder | The Duke of Newcastle |
| Abolished | 10 June 1854 |
| Succession | Secretary of State for War · Secretary of State for the Colonies |
| Deputy | Under-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 Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
History[edit]
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.
| Royal Navy | British Army | Royal Air Force | Co-ordination | |
| 1628 | First Lord of the Admiralty (1628–1964) |
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| 1794 | Secretary of State for War (1794–1801) |
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| 1801 | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854) |
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| 1854 | Secretary of State for War (1854–1964) |
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| 1919 | Secretary of State for Air (1919–1964) |
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| 1936 | Minister for Co-ordination of Defence (1936–1940) | |||
| 1940 | Minister of Defence (1940–1964) | |||
| 1964 | Secretary of State for Defence (1964–present) | |||
List of Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854)[edit]
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Ministry | Monarch (Reign) | ||
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Robert Hobart Baron Hobart (1760–1816) |
17 March 1801 |
12 May 1804 |
Tory | Addington | George III.svg) (1760–1820) [Note 2] | |
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John Pratt 2nd Earl Camden (1759–1840) |
14 May 1804 |
10 July 1805 |
Tory | Pitt II | ||
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Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh MP for Boroughbridge (1769–1822) |
10 July 1805 |
5 February 1806 |
Tory | |||
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William Windham MP for New Romney (1750–1810) |
5 February 1806 |
25 March 1807 |
Whig | All the Talents (Whig–Tory) | ||
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Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh MP for Plympton Erle (1769–1822) |
25 March 1807 |
1 November 1809 |
Tory | Portland II | ||
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Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828) |
1 November 1809 |
11 June 1812 |
Tory | Perceval | ||
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Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1832) |
11 June 1812 |
30 April 1827 |
Tory | Liverpool | ||
George IV.svg) (1820–1830) | |||||||
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F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859) |
30 April 1827 |
3 September 1827 |
Tory | Canning (Canningite–Whig) | ||
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William Huskisson MP for Liverpool (1770–1830) |
3 September 1827 |
30 May 1828 |
Tory | Goderich (Canningite–Whig) | ||
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Sir George Murray MP for Perthshire (1772–1846) |
30 May 1828 |
22 November 1830 |
Tory | Wellington–Peel | ||
| William IV (1830–1837) | |||||||
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F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859) |
22 November 1830 |
3 April 1833 |
Whig | Grey | ||
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Edward Smith-Stanley MP for North Lancashire (1799–1869) |
3 April 1833 |
5 June 1834 |
Whig | |||
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Thomas Spring Rice MP for Cambridge (1790–1866) |
5 June 1834 |
14 November 1834 |
Whig | Melbourne I | ||
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Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) |
17 November 1834 |
9 December 1834 |
Tory | Wellington Caretaker | ||
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George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) |
20 December 1834 |
8 April 1835 |
Conservative | Peel I | ||
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Charles Grant 1st Baron Glenelg (1778–1866) |
18 April 1835 |
20 February 1839 |
Whig | Melbourne II | ||
Victoria.svg) (1837–1901) | |||||||
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Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797–1863) |
20 February 1839 |
30 August 1839 |
Whig | |||
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Lord John Russell MP for Stroud (1792–1878) |
30 August 1839 |
30 August 1841 |
Whig | |||
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Edward Smith-Stanley Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe (1799–1869) [Note 3] |
3 September 1841 |
23 December 1845 |
Conservative | Peel II | ||
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William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) [Note 4] |
23 December 1845 |
27 June 1846 |
Conservative | |||
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Henry Grey 3rd Earl Grey (1802–1894) |
6 July 1846 |
21 February 1852 |
Whig | Russell I | ||
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Sir John Pakington Bt MP for Droitwich (1799–1880) |
27 February 1852 |
17 December 1852 |
Conservative | Who? Who? | ||
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Henry Pelham-Clinton 5th Duke of Newcastle (1811–1864) |
28 December 1852 |
10 June 1854 |
Peelite | Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig) | ||
- Notes
- ^ Typical style for members of the Privy Council and peers ranked below Marquess. For peers of the rank Marquess The Most Honourable; for peers of the rank Duke His Grace.
- ^ The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
- ^ MP for North Lancashire until 1844; thereafter summoned to Parliament through a writ in acceleration in respect of his father's title, Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe.
- ^ On appointment to office a ministerial by-election was triggered in the Newark-upon-Trent constituency that Gladstone had represented since 1832. Gladstone did not contest the seat, and was not returned to Parliament until the 1847 general election.