All Topics  
Secretary of State for War

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Secretary of State for War
 
 
  Topics Secretary of State for War Topic Home

The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 cabinet-level position, first applied to Henry Dundas (appointed in 1794). In 1801 the post became that of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a Cabinet of the United Kingdom level position responsible for the army and the British colonies ....
. The position was re-instated in 1854 and remained until 1 April 1964, when the cabinet position (along with that of First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for Air
Secretary of State for Air

File:Archibaldsinclair.jpgThe Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position, in charge of the Air Ministry. It was created on 10 January 1919 to manage the Royal Air Force....
) was replaced by the Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State for Defence

The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government Political minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence . It is a Cabinet of the United Kingdom position....
 - in charge of a new united Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
.

The Secretary of State headed 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 ....
 and was assisted by a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War
Under-Secretary of State for War

The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a United Kingdom government position, first applied to Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet . In 1801 the offices for War Office and the Colonial Office were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies....
, a Parliamentary Private Secretary
Parliamentary Private Secretary

A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior Minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; in the Lords, the department's Parliamentary Under Secretary there takes on this duty....
 who was also a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
, and a Military Secretary
Military Secretary

The Military Secretary is the senior military assistant to the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence and formerly to the Secretary of State for War....
, who was a general
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
.

Secretaries of State for War, 1854-1964
class="wikitable" style="text-align:left">
Name Entered office Left office
The Duke of Newcastle 12 June 1854 30 January 1855
The Lord Panmure 8 February 1855 21 February 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....
 		 26 February 1858 11 June 1859
Hon. Sidney Herbert
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea was an England statesman....
 		 18 June 1859 22 July 1861
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt 23 July 1861 13 April 1863
The Earl de Grey
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Knight of the Garter, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom politician who served in every Liberal Party cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later....
 		 28 April 1863 16 February 1866
The Marquess of Hartington
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland statesman, previously known , whilst heir to the Dukedom, as Marquess of Hartington ....
 		 16 February 1866 26 June 1866
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....
 		 6 July 1866 8 March 1867
Sir John Pakington, Bt
John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton

John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton, Order of the Bath , was an England politician....
 		 8 March 1867 1 December 1868
Edward Cardwell
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell

Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a prominent United Kingdom politician in the Peelite and Liberal Party parties during the middle of the 19th century....
 		 9 December 1868 17 February 1874
Gathorne Hardy 21 February 1874 2 April 1878
Hon. Frederick Stanley
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Secre...
 		 2 April 1878 21 April 1880
Hugh Childers
Hugh Childers

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers was a United Kingdom and Australian The Liberal Party statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for being the politician responsible for the sinking of HMS Captain and for his damaging 'reforms' at the Admiralty....
 		 28 April 1880 16 December 1882
The Marquess of Hartington
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland statesman, previously known , whilst heir to the Dukedom, as Marquess of Hartington ....
 		 16 December 1882 9 June 1885
W. H. Smith
William Henry Smith (politician)

William Henry Smith was an English people bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations....
 		 24 June 1885 21 January 1886
The Viscount Cranbrook 21 January 1886 6 February 1886
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Order of the Bath was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Liberal Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 5 December 1905 until resigning due to ill health on 3 April 1908....
 		 6 February 1886 20 July 1886
W. H. Smith
William Henry Smith (politician)

William Henry Smith was an English people bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations....
 		 3 August 1886 14 January 1887
Hon. Edward Stanhope
Edward Stanhope

Edward Stanhope, Member of Parliament Privy Council was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.The second son of Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, Stanhope was born in London....
 		 14 January 1887 11 August 1892
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Order of the Bath was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Liberal Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 5 December 1905 until resigning due to ill health on 3 April 1908....
 		 14 January 1887 11 August 1892
The Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Order of the Garter, Order of the Star of India, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of Sta...
 		 4 July 1895 12 November 1900
Hon. St John Brodrick
St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton

William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, Order of St Patrick , commonly known as St John Brodrick, was an England Conservative Party statesman....
 		 12 November 1900 6 October 1903
H.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Secretary of State for War'
Start a new discussion about 'Secretary of State for War'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 cabinet-level position, first applied to Henry Dundas (appointed in 1794). In 1801 the post became that of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a Cabinet of the United Kingdom level position responsible for the army and the British colonies ....
. The position was re-instated in 1854 and remained until 1 April 1964, when the cabinet position (along with that of First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for Air
Secretary of State for Air

File:Archibaldsinclair.jpgThe Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position, in charge of the Air Ministry. It was created on 10 January 1919 to manage the Royal Air Force....
) was replaced by the Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State for Defence

The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government Political minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence . It is a Cabinet of the United Kingdom position....
 - in charge of a new united Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
.

The Secretary of State headed 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 ....
 and was assisted by a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War
Under-Secretary of State for War

The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a United Kingdom government position, first applied to Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet . In 1801 the offices for War Office and the Colonial Office were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies....
, a Parliamentary Private Secretary
Parliamentary Private Secretary

A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior Minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; in the Lords, the department's Parliamentary Under Secretary there takes on this duty....
 who was also a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
, and a Military Secretary
Military Secretary

The Military Secretary is the senior military assistant to the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence and formerly to the Secretary of State for War....
, who was a general
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
.

Secretaries of State for War, 1794-1801


Name Entered office Left office
Henry Dundas
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville was a Scotland lawyer and politician. He was the last person to be impeachment in the United Kingdom.He was the fourth son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder , Lord President of the Court of Session, and was born at Dalkeith in 1742....
 
(also President of the Board of Control
President of the Board of Control

The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs....
) 		11 July 1794 17 March 1801


For 1801-1854 see Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a Cabinet of the United Kingdom level position responsible for the army and the British colonies ....
.

Secretaries of State for War, 1854-1964


Name Entered office Left office
The Duke of Newcastle 12 June 1854 30 January 1855
The Lord Panmure 8 February 1855 21 February 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....
 		 26 February 1858 11 June 1859
Hon. Sidney Herbert
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea was an England statesman....
 		 18 June 1859 22 July 1861
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt 23 July 1861 13 April 1863
The Earl de Grey
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Knight of the Garter, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom politician who served in every Liberal Party cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later....
 		 28 April 1863 16 February 1866
The Marquess of Hartington
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland statesman, previously known , whilst heir to the Dukedom, as Marquess of Hartington ....
 		 16 February 1866 26 June 1866
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....
 		 6 July 1866 8 March 1867
Sir John Pakington, Bt
John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton

John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton, Order of the Bath , was an England politician....
 		 8 March 1867 1 December 1868
Edward Cardwell
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell

Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a prominent United Kingdom politician in the Peelite and Liberal Party parties during the middle of the 19th century....
 		 9 December 1868 17 February 1874
Gathorne Hardy 21 February 1874 2 April 1878
Hon. Frederick Stanley
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Secre...
 		 2 April 1878 21 April 1880
Hugh Childers
Hugh Childers

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers was a United Kingdom and Australian The Liberal Party statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for being the politician responsible for the sinking of HMS Captain and for his damaging 'reforms' at the Admiralty....
 		 28 April 1880 16 December 1882
The Marquess of Hartington
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland statesman, previously known , whilst heir to the Dukedom, as Marquess of Hartington ....
 		 16 December 1882 9 June 1885
W. H. Smith
William Henry Smith (politician)

William Henry Smith was an English people bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations....
 		 24 June 1885 21 January 1886
The Viscount Cranbrook 21 January 1886 6 February 1886
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Order of the Bath was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Liberal Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 5 December 1905 until resigning due to ill health on 3 April 1908....
 		 6 February 1886 20 July 1886
W. H. Smith
William Henry Smith (politician)

William Henry Smith was an English people bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations....
 		 3 August 1886 14 January 1887
Hon. Edward Stanhope
Edward Stanhope

Edward Stanhope, Member of Parliament Privy Council was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.The second son of Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, Stanhope was born in London....
 		 14 January 1887 11 August 1892
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Order of the Bath was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Liberal Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 5 December 1905 until resigning due to ill health on 3 April 1908....
 		 14 January 1887 11 August 1892
The Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Order of the Garter, Order of the Star of India, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of Sta...
 		 4 July 1895 12 November 1900
Hon. St John Brodrick
St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton

William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, Order of St Patrick , commonly known as St John Brodrick, was an England Conservative Party statesman....
 		 12 November 1900 6 October 1903
H. O. Arnold-Forster 6 October 1903 4 December 1905
Richard Haldane
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane

Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Order_of_the_Thistle, OM, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Fellow of the Royal Society, Society of Antiquaries of London , was an important United Kingdom Liberal Party and Labour Party politician, lawyer, and philosopher....
 
(Viscount Haldane from 1911) 		10 December 1905 12 June 1912
J. E. B. Seely
J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone

John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Territorial Decoration was a United Kingdom soldier and politician....
 		 12 June 1912 30 March 1914
H. H. Asquith
H. H. Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen's Counsel served as the Liberal Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916....
 		 30 March 1914 5 August 1914
The Earl Kitchener of Khartoum 5 August 1914 5 June 1916
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor Order of Merit , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman and the only Wales Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - he is also the only one to have spoken English language as a second language, Welsh language having been his first....
 		 6 June 1916 5 December 1916
The Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Territorial Decoration, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an English politician around the turn of the 20th century....
 		 10 December 1916 18 April 1918
The Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a controversial German-born United Kingdom statesman and colonial administrator....
 		 18 April 1918 10 January 1919
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Territorial Decoration, Fellow of the Royal Society, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was a Politics of the United Kingdom known chiefly for his leadership of the United King...
 		 10 January 1919 13 February 1921
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt 13 February 1921 19 October 1922
The Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Territorial Decoration, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an English politician around the turn of the 20th century....
 		 24 October 1922 22 January 1924
Stephen Walsh
Stephen Walsh

Stephen Walsh was a Labour Party Member of Parliament and a member of David Lloyd George's Coalition Government 1916-1922 as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Service in 1917 and then Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1917 to 1919....
 		 22 January 1924 3 November 1924
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt 6 November 1924 4 June 1929
Thomas Shaw 7 June 1929 24 August 1931
The Marquess of Crewe
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

File:Robert Crewe-Milnes portrait.jpgRobert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe Knight of the Garter , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman and writer....
 		 25 August 1931 5 November 1931
The Viscount Hailsham
Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham

File:Hailsham1.JPGDouglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative lawyer and politician....
 		 5 November 1931 7 June 1935
The Viscount Halifax
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Star of India, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as The Baron Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the mos...
 		 7 June 1935 22 November 1935
Duff Cooper
Duff Cooper

Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Duff Cooper, was a United Kingdom diplomat, Cabinet member, and author....
 		 22 November 1935 28 May 1937
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha

Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Liberal Party , then National Liberal Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister....
 		 28 May 1937 5 January 1940
Hon. Oliver Stanley
Oliver Stanley

Oliver Frederick George Stanley Military Cross was a prominent British Conservative Party politician who held many ministerial posts before his early death when it was expected he would soon assume higher office....
 		 5 January 1940 11 May 1940
Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden

Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, Order of the Garter, Military Cross, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British people Conservative Party politician, who was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for three periods between 1935 and 1955, including during World War II....
 		 11 May 1940 22 December 1940
David Margesson
David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson

Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson, of Rugby was a British Conservative Party politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s....
 		 22 December 1940 22 February 1942
Sir P. J. Grigg
P. J. Grigg

Sir Percy James Grigg, better known as Sir P.J. Grigg was a British civil servant who was surprisingly moved from being the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the War Office to become Secretary of State for War, the political head of the same department during the World War II....
 		 22 February 1942 26 July 1945
Jack Lawson
Jack Lawson

John James "Jack" Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a United Kingdom trade unionist and a The Labour Party politician....
 		 3 August 1945 4 October 1946
Frederick Bellenger
Frederick Bellenger

Capt. Rt Hon. Frederick John Bellenger was a British soldier and Labour Party politician.Born in Bethnal Green, London, he served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in World War I and was twice wounded....
 		 4 October 1946 7 October 1947
Manny Shinwell 7 October 1947 28 February 1950
John Strachey 28 February 1950 26 October 1951
Antony Head
Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head

Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head Order of St Michael and St George Order of the British Empire Military Cross Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Member of Parliament, British peerage and statesman....
 		 31 October 1951 18 October 1956
Hon. John Hare
John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham

John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council was a British peerage and statesman, a younger son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel....
 		 18 October 1956 6 January 1958
Christopher Soames
Christopher Soames, Baron Soames

Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Conservative Party politician and the son-in-law of Winston Churchill....
 		 6 January 1958 27 July 1960
John Profumo
John Profumo

Brigadier John Dennis Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo, Order of the British Empire , informally known as Jack Profumo, was a Politics of the United Kingdom....
 		 27 July 1960 5 June 1963
Joseph Godber 27 June 1963 21 October 1963
James Ramsden 21 October 1963 1 April 1964

See also

  • Secretary at War
    Secretary at War

    File:Henry Pelham.jpgThe Secretary at War was a political position in the UK government with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the British army, but not over military policy....