Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). The Department was created in 1801. In 1854 it was split into the separate offices of Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for the Colonies
Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854
- Robert Hobart, 4th Lord Hobart 1801 - 1804
- John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden 1804 - 1805
- Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh 1805 - 1806
- William Windham 1806 - 1807
- Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh 1807 - 1809
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool 1809 - 1812
- Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst 1812 - 1827
- Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich 1827
- William Huskisson 1827 - 1828
- Sir George Murray 1828 - 1830
- Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich 1830 - 1833
- Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, Lord Stanley 1833 - 1834
- Thomas Spring Rice 1834
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen 1834 - 1835
- Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg 1835 - 1839
- Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby 1839
- Lord John Russell 1839 - 1841
- Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, Lord Stanley 1841 - 1845
- William Ewart Gladstone 1845 - 1846
- Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey 1846 - 1852
- Sir John Pakington 1852
- Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle 1852 - 1854
