The Secretary at War was a political position in the British government with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the British army, but not over military policy. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. The Secretary at War ran the War Office. The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963 when It was occasionally a cabinet level position, although it was considered of subordinate rank to the Secretaries of State. Secretary of State is a commonly used title for a Government Official. The position was combined with that of Secretary of State for War in 1854 and abolished in 1863. The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British Cabinet -level position first applied to Henry Dundas Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Secretaries at War, 1661-1863
Sir William Clarke (died 1666 was an English Politician. He served as the Secretary at War from 1661 to his death in 1666 Matthew Locke is a name shared by Matthew Locke (composer Matthew Locke (U William Blathwayt (or Blathwayte) (1649?-August 1717 was a civil servant and politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government George Clarke (1661&ndash1736 the son of Sir William Clarke, enrolled at Brasenose College Oxford in 1676 Henry St John 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ( 16 September 1678 &ndash 12 December 1751) was an English politician and philosopher Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 &ndash 18 March 1745 known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a George Granville 1st Baron Lansdown ( 9 March 1666 – 29 January 1735) was an English poet playwright and politician who served as a Sir William Wyndham 3rd Baronet (1687 &ndash 17 June 1740) English Politician, was the only son of Sir Edward Wyndham, Bart William Pulteney 1st Earl of Bath, PC ( 22 March 1684 &ndash July 7, 1764) was an English Politician, dubbed James Craggs the Younger ( 9 April 1686 - 16 February 1721) son of James Craggs the Elder, was born at Westminster. Henry Pelham ( 25 September 1694 &ndash 6 March 1754) was a British Whig Statesman, who served as Prime Sir William Strickland (c 1686 &ndash 1 September 1735) was an English Member of Parliament (MP and Government Minister in Sir Robert Walpole's Sir William Yonge 4th Baronet KB FRS (c1693 – 10 August 1755) English Politician, was the son of Sir Walter Yonge, Thomas Winnington ( 31 December, 1696 – 23 April, 1746) of Stanford Court was an English politician Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland, PC ( 28 September 1705 &ndash 1 July 1774 in Holland House) was an English William Wildman Shute Barrington 2nd Viscount Barrington PC ( 5 January 1717 &ndash 1 February 1793) was a British secretary Charles Townshend ( August 29, 1725 &ndash September 4, 1767) was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Boston, Welbore Ellis 1st Baron Mendip PC ( 15 December 1713 &ndash 2 February 1802) was a British statesman William Wildman Shute Barrington 2nd Viscount Barrington PC ( 5 January 1717 &ndash 1 February 1793) was a British secretary Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool ( 26 April 1727 &ndash 17 December 1808) British Statesman, eldest son of Colonel Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney ( 24 February 1732 - 30 June 1800) was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in The Rt Hon Sir George Yonge 5th Baronet, KB (1731 &ndash 25 September 1812) was a British Secretary at War (1782–1783 and 1783–1794 The Rt Hon Sir George Yonge 5th Baronet, KB (1731 &ndash 25 September 1812) was a British Secretary at War (1782–1783 and 1783–1794 William Windham ( 3 May 1750 – 4 June 1810) was a British Whig statesman born of an ancient Norfolk family Charles Philip Yorke ( 12 March 1764 &ndash 13 March 1834) was a British politician Charles Bathurst (1754 &ndash 13 August 1831) known as Charles Bragge from 1754 to 1804 was a British politician of the early 19th century William Dundas (1762 &ndash 1845 was a Scottish politician The son of Robert Dundas Lord Arniston the younger, he became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn General Sir James Murray-Pulteney 7th Baronet PC (c 1755 &ndash 26 April 1811) was a Scottish soldier and British politician Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville ( 12 October, 1773 &ndash 8 January, 1846) was a British Liberal Statesman "Lord Palmerston" and "Henry Temple" redirect here Field Marshal Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore GCB, PC ( 30 March, 1785 &ndash 24 September, 1856 Francis Egerton 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG PC ( 1 January 1800 &ndash 18 February 1857) was the second son of the 1st Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn ( 9 October 1775 &ndash 2 September 1850) was a British politician of the early- to mid-19th century Henry Brook Parnell 1st Baron Congleton PC ( 3 July 1776 &ndash 8 June 1842) known as Sir Henry Parnell 4th Baronet, John Cam Hobhouse 1st Baron Broughton, PC ( 27 June 1786 &ndash 3 June 1869) known as Sir John Cam Hobhouse Bt from 1831 Edward Ellice, the elder the Bear, ( 27 September 1783 &ndash 17 September 1863) was a British merchant and politician John Charles Herries (1778 &ndash 1855 was an English Politician and Financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets Henry George Grey 3rd Earl Grey ( December 28, 1802 &ndash October 9, 1894) known as Viscount Howick Field Marshal Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore GCB, PC ( 30 March, 1785 &ndash 24 September, 1856 Thomas Francis Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe, PC ( 11 March 1798 &ndash 3 December 1890) known between 1821 and 1874 as Sir Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Lea ( 16 September 1810 – 2 August 1861) was an English Statesman. Fox Maule-Ramsay 11th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCB, PC ( 22 April 1801 – 6 July 1874) known as Fox Maule Robert Vernon 1st Baron Lyveden, PC ( 23 February 1800 &ndash 10 November 1873) known as Robert Vernon Smith until William Beresford ( 17 April 1797 &ndash 6 October 1883) was a British Conservative Politician. Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Lea ( 16 September 1810 – 2 August 1861) was an English Statesman. Fox Maule-Ramsay 11th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCB, PC ( 22 April 1801 – 6 July 1874) known as Fox Maule Jonathan Peel ( 12 October 1799 &ndash 13 February 1879) was a British soldier Conservative politician and racehorse Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Lea ( 16 September 1810 – 2 August 1861) was an English Statesman. Sir George Cornewall Lewis 2nd Baronet ( 21 April 1806 &ndash 13 April 1863) was a British statesman and Man of letters
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