Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

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.

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

NameEntered officeLeft office
John Sullivan18011804
Edward Cooke18041806
Sir George Shee, Bt
and Sir James Cockburn, Bt
18061807
Edward Cooke
and Hon. Charles Stewart
18071809
Hon. Frederick John Robinson
and Hon. Charles Jenkinson
18091809
Hon. Charles Jenkinson
and Henry Bunbury
18091810
Henry Bunbury
and Robert Peel
18101812
Henry Bunbury
and Henry Goulburn
18121816
Henry Goulburn18161821
R. W. Horton18211827
Edward Stanley18271828
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower18281828
Horace Twiss18281830
Viscount Howick18301834
Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre18341834
Sir George Grey, Bt18341834
Hon. John Stuart-Wortley18341835
William Ewart Gladstone18351835
Sir George Grey, Bt18351839
Henry Labouchere18391839
Robert Vernon Smith18391841
George William Hope18411846
The Lord Lyttelton18461846
Benjamin Hawes18461851
Frederick Peel18511852
The Earl of Desart18521852
Frederick Peel18521854

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

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
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Foreign Office
1782–1968
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1968–2020
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 2020
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Southern Department
1660–1768
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Colonial Office
1768–1782
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Home Office
1782–1794
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War Office
1794–1801
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War and Colonial Office
1801–1854
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Colonial Office
1854–1925
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Colonial Office
1925–1966
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Commonwealth Office
1966–1968
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Southern Department
1768–1782
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Dominions Office
1925–1947
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Commonwealth Relations Office
1947–1966
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. India Office
1858–1937
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India Office
and
Burma Office
1937–1947
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