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

Name Entered office Left office
John Sullivan 1801 1804
Edward Cooke 1804 1806
Sir George Shee, Bt
and Sir James Cockburn, Bt
1806 1807
Edward Cooke
and Hon. Charles Stewart
1807 1809
Hon. Frederick John Robinson
and Hon. Charles Jenkinson
1809 1809
Hon. Charles Jenkinson
and Henry Bunbury
1809 1810
Henry Bunbury
and Robert Peel
1810 1812
Henry Bunbury
and Henry Goulburn
1812 1816
Henry Goulburn 1816 1821
R. W. Horton 1821 1827
Edward Stanley 1827 1828
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower 1828 1828
Horace Twiss 1828 1830
Viscount Howick 1830 1834
Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre 1834 1834
Sir George Grey, Bt 1834 1834
Hon. John Stuart-Wortley 1834 1835
William Ewart Gladstone 1835 1835
Sir George Grey, Bt 1835 1839
Henry Labouchere 1839 1839
Robert Vernon Smith 1839 1841
George William Hope 1841 1846
The Lord Lyttelton 1846 1846
Benjamin Hawes 1846 1851
Frederick Peel 1851 1852
The Earl of Desart 1852 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

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