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		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
	Lord Hobart		17 March 1801	12 May 1804	Tory		Henry Addington
	The Earl Camden		14 May 1804	10 July 1805	Tory		William Pitt the Younger
	Viscount Castlereagh		10 July 1805	5 February 1806	Tory
	William Windham		5 February 1806	25 March 1807	Whig		Lord Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents)
	Viscount Castlereagh		25 March 1807	1 November 1809	Tory		The Duke of Portland
	The Earl of Liverpool		1 November 1809	11 June 1812	Tory		Spencer Perceval
	The Earl Bathurst		11 June 1812	30 April 1827	Tory		The Earl of Liverpool
	The Viscount Goderich		30 April 1827	3 September 1827	Tory		George Canning
	William Huskisson		3 September 1827	30 May 1828	Tory		The Viscount Goderich
	Sir George Murray		30 May 1828	22 November 1830	Tory		The Duke of Wellington
	The Viscount Goderich		22 November 1830	3 April 1833	Whig		The Earl Grey
	Hon. Edward Stanley (subsequently Earl of Derby)		3 April 1833	5 June 1834	Whig
	Thomas Spring Rice		5 June 1834	14 November 1834	Whig		The Viscount Melbourne
	The Duke of Wellington (caretaker)		17 November 1834	9 December 1834	Tory		The Duke of Wellington
	The Earl of Aberdeen		20 December 1834	8 April 1835	Conservative		Sir Robert Peel
	The Lord Glenelg		18 April 1835	20 February 1839	Whig		The Viscount Melbourne
	The Marquess of Normanby		20 February 1839	30 August 1839	Whig
	Lord John Russell		30 August 1839	30 August 1841	Whig
	Lord Stanley (subsequently Earl of Derby)		3 September 1841	23 December 1845	Conservative		Sir Robert Peel
	William Ewart Gladstone		23 December 1845	27 June 1846	Conservative
	The Earl Grey		6 July 1846	21 February 1852	Whig		Lord John Russell
	Sir John Pakington, Bt		27 February 1852	17 December 1852	Conservative		The Earl of Derby
	The Duke of Newcastle		28 December 1852	10 June 1854	Peelite		The Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition)

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