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Secretary at War

, who served as Secretary at War between 1724 and 1730]] The Secretary at War was a political position in the British government with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the British army

British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
, but not over military policy. The Secretary at War ran the War Office

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 its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence ....
. It was occasionally a cabinet level position, although it was considered of subordinate rank to the Secretaries of State

Secretary of State

Secretary of State is a commonly used title for a member of government. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple Secretaries of State in the government....
. The position was combined with that of Secretary of State for War

Secretary of State for War

The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a United Kingdom Cabinet -level position, first applied to Henry Dundas ....
in 1854 and abolished in 1863.

Notable holders of the position include Robert Walpole

Robert Walpole

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a Kingdom of Great Britain statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
, the Hon.

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Henry Pelham

Henry Pelham was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party statesman, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754....
, Henry Fox

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, Privy Council of Great Britain was a leading Kingdom of Great Britain politician of the eighteenth century. He identified primarily with the Whig faction....
, Lord Palmerston and Lord Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a nineteenth-century British poet, historian and British Whig Party politician and one of the two Member of Parliament for Edinburgh ....
.

Secretaries at War, 1661-1854

Name	Entered office	Left office
Sir William Clarke William Clarke (English politician) Sir William Clarke was an England politician. He served as the Secretary at War from 1661 to his death in 1666. He was married to Dorothy Clarke, and they had one son, George Clarke....	1661	1666
Matthew Locke	1666	1683
William Blathwayt William Blathwayt William Blathwayt was a civil servant and politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the Thirteen Colonies of North America....	1683	1692
George Clarke George Clarke George Clarke , the son of William Clarke , enrolled at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1676. He was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1680....	1692	1704
Henry St John Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , was an English politician and philosopher. He identified predominantly with the Tories , of which he was a prominent member for many years....	1704	1708
Robert Walpole Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a Kingdom of Great Britain statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....	1708	1710
George Granville George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown was an English poet, playwright, and politician who served as a Privy Council of the United Kingdom from 1712....	1710	1712
Sir William Wyndham, Bt Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet , England politician, was the only son of Sir Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet, Bart., a grandson of Sir Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet and a great-great-grandson of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, who was created a baronet in 1661....	1712	1713
Francis Gwyn	1713	1714
William Pulteney William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain was an English politician, created the first Earl of Bath in 1742 by King George II of Great Britain; he is sometimes stated to have been Prime Minister, for the shortest term ever , though most modern sources reckon that he cannot be considered to have held the office....	1714	1717
James Craggs the Younger James Craggs the Younger James Craggs the Younger , son of James Craggs the Elder, was born at Westminster. Part of his early life was spent abroad, where he made the acquaintance of George I of Great Britain, Elector of Hanover, afterwards King George I....	1717	1718
The Viscount Castlecomer	1718	1718
Robert Pringle	1718	1718
George Treby	1718	1720
Thomas Trevor	1720	1724
Hon. Henry Pelham Henry Pelham Henry Pelham was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party statesman, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754....	1724	1730
Sir William Strickland, Bt Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet Sir William Strickland was an English Member of Parliament and Government Minister in Robert Walpole administration.Strickland was the eldest son of Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet of Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire, a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament; he inherited the baronetcy on his father's death in 1724....	1730	1735
Sir William Yonge, Bt	1735	1741
Thomas Winnington Thomas Winnington Thomas Winnington , of Stanford Court, was an English politician.Winnington was the son of Salwey Winnington of Stanford Court, Member of Parliament for Bewdley , and grandson of Francis Winnington, who had been Solicitor General for England and Wales in the 1670s....	1741	1746
Henry Fox Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, Privy Council of Great Britain was a leading Kingdom of Great Britain politician of the eighteenth century. He identified primarily with the Whig faction....	1746	1755
The Viscount Barrington William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington Privy Council of Great Britain was a Great Britain secretary at war and treasurer of the navy....	1755	1761
Hon. Charles Townshend Charles Townshend Charles Townshend , was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. He was a politician and the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey , daughter and heiress of Edward Harrison of Ball's Park, near Hertford, a lady who rivalled her son in brilliancy of wit and frankness of expression....	1761	1762
Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Privy Council of Great Britain was a Great Britain statesman.In 1741, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade , then moved to Weymouth and Melcombe Regis , Aylesbury , Petersfield , Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and Petersfield ....	1762	1765
The Viscount Barrington William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington Privy Council of Great Britain was a Great Britain secretary at war and treasurer of the navy....	1765	1778
Charles Jenkinson Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool , United Kingdom statesman, eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson and grandson of Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt, of Walcot, Oxfordshire, was born in Winchester, Hampshire....	1778	1782
Thomas Townshend Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century....	1782	1782
Sir George Yonge, Bt	1782	1783
Richard Fitzpatrick	1783	1783
Sir George Yonge, Bt	1783	1794
William Windham William Windham William Windham was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Whig Party statesman, born of an ancient Norfolk family and a great-great-grandson of Sir John Wyndham ....	1794	1801
Charles Philip Yorke Charles Philip Yorke Charles Philip Yorke , was a United Kingdom politician.Yorke was the second son of Charles Yorke and grandson of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke....	1801	1803
Charles Bragge Charles Bathurst Charles Bathurst , known as Charles Bragge from 1754 to 1804, was a British politician of the early 19th century.Bathurst was the son of Charles Bragge, of Cleve Hill in Gloucestershire, and his wife Anne Bathurst, the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, younger brother of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst....	1803	1804
William Dundas William Dundas William Dundas was a Scottish people politician.The son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the younger, he became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1788....	1804	1806
Richard Fitzpatrick	1806	1807
Sir James Murray-Pulteney, Bt Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 7th Baronet General Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 7th Baronet Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a Scotland soldier and Great Britain politician.James Murray was the son of Colonel Robert Murray of Clermont and his first wife Janet Murray, a younger sister of Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank....	1807	1809
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Liberal Party statesman and diplomat.He was a son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and his third wife Lady Susannah Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway)....	1809	1809
The Viscount Palmerston	1809	1828
Sir Henry Hardinge Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a United Kingdom field marshal and Governor-general of India....	1828	1830
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the second son of the George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and his wife, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland....	1830	1830
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn	1830	1831
Sir Henry Parnell, Bt	1831	1832
Sir John Hobhouse, Bt John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt from 1831 to 1851, was a British politician and memoirist....	1832	1833
Edward Ellice Edward Ellice (merchant) Edward Ellice, the elder, the Bear, , was a British merchant and politician.He was second son of the Scots-born Alexander Ellice of Bath, London and Montreal, a partner in the Schenectady, New York firm of Phyn, Ellice & Co....	1833	1834
John Charles Herries John Charles Herries John Charles Herries was an England politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative Party cabinets in the early to mid 19th century....	1834	1835
Viscount Howick Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey , known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an England statesman.He was the son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of the Reform Act 1832 of 1832....	1835	1839
Thomas Babington Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a nineteenth-century British poet, historian and British Whig Party politician and one of the two Member of Parliament for Edinburgh ....	1839	1841
Sir Henry Hardinge Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a United Kingdom field marshal and Governor-general of India....	1841	1844
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known between 1821 and 1874 as Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bt, was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland politician....	1844	1845
Hon. Sidney Herbert Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea was an England statesman....	1845	1846
Hon. Fox Maule Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, Order of the Thistle, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Fox Maule before 1852, as Lord Panmure between 1852 and 1860 and as Earl of Dalhousie after 1860, was a United Kingdom politician....	1846	1852
Robert Vernon Smith	1852	1852
William Beresford William Beresford William Beresford was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Conservative Party politician. Beresford and Charles Newdegate served as the Conservative whip in the British House of Commons after the party split over the Corn Laws....	1852	1852
Hon. Sidney Herbert Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea was an England statesman....	1852	1854

Secretaries of State for War and Secretaries at War, 1854-1863

Name	Entered office	Left office
The Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a United Kingdom politician, who eventually rose to the position of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies....	1854	1855
The Lord Panmure Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, Order of the Thistle, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Fox Maule before 1852, as Lord Panmure between 1852 and 1860 and as Earl of Dalhousie after 1860, was a United Kingdom politician....	1855	1858
Jonathan Peel Jonathan Peel Jonathan Peel was a United Kingdom soldier, Conservative Party politician and racehorse owner.Peel was the fifth son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Ellen , and the younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet....	1858	1859
The Lord Herbert of Lea Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea was an England statesman....	1859	1861
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt	1861	1863