Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

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The Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.

In 1801 the offices of Under-Secretary of State for War and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies were merged to create the new office. They were separated again in 1854.

[edit] Under-Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854

• 1801: John Sullivan
• 1804: E. Cooke
• 1806: Sir George Shee, Bt and Sir James Cockburn, Bt^[1]
• 1807: E. Cooke (replacing Shee) and Charles Stewart (replacing Cockburn)
• 1809: Frederick John Robinson (replacing Stewart) and Charles Jenkinson (replacing Cooke)
• 1809: Henry Edward Bunbury (replacing Robinson)
• 1810: Robert Peel (replacing Jenkinson)
• 1812: Henry Goulburn (replacing Peel)
• 1821: R.W. Horton (replacing Goulburn)
• 1827: Edward Stanley (replacing Horton)
• 1828: Lord Francis Leveson-Gower (replacing Stanley)
• 1828: Horace Twiss (replacing Gower)
• Viscount Howick 1830-1834
• Sir John Shaw-Lefevre 1834
• Sir George Grey 1834
• John Stuart Wortley 1834-1835
• William Ewart Gladstone 1835
• Sir George Grey 1835-1839
• Henry Labouchere 1839
• Robert Vernon Smith 1839-1841
• George William Hope 1841-1846
• Lord Lyttelton 1846
• Benjamin Hawes 1846
• Frederick Peel 1851
• Earl of Desart 1852
• Frederick Peel 1852-1854

Separate posts of Under-Secretary of State for War and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies re-established 1854

History of UK Government Departments with Responsibility for Foreign Affairs
Colonial Office 1768 – 1782 Secretaries 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	Colonial Office 1925 – 1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries		Commonwealth Office 1966 – 1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries	Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968 – Present Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
					Dominions Office 1925 – 1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Commonwealth Relations Office 1947 – 1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
.				India Office 1858 – 1937 Secretaries Undersecretaries	India and Burma Office 1937 – 1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries
Foreign Office 1782 – 1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries

[edit] References

1. ^ Letters relating to Bermuda. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.