Secretaries of State for the Colonial and War Departments

The FCO: Policy, people and places - Secretaries of State for the Colonial and War Departments from 1794-1854
  • Jul 1794-Mar 1801 - Dundas, Henry, later Viscount Melville
  • Mar 1801-May 1804 - Hobart, Lord, later Earl of Buckinghamshire, Robert Hobart
  • May 1804-Jul 1805 - Camden, Earl, later Marquess Camden, John Pratt
  • Jul 1805-Jan 1806 - Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquis of Londonderry, Robert Stewart
  • Apr 1806-Mar 1807 - Windham, William
  • Mar 1807-Sep 1809 - Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquis of Londonderry, Robert Stewart
  • Sept 1809-Jun 1812 - 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson
  • Jun 1812-Apr 1827 - Bathurst, 3rd Earl, Henry Bathurst
  • Apr-Aug 1827 - Robinson, Frederick, later Viscount Goderich and Earl of Ripon
  • Sep 1827-May 1828 - Huskisson, William
  • May 1828-Nov 1830 - Murray, Sir George
  • Nov 1830-Apr 1833 - Robinson, Frederick, later Viscount Goderich and Earl of Ripon
  • Mar 1833-May 1834 - Stanley, Edward, later Earl of Derby
  • Jun-Dec 1834 - Spring Rice, Thomas, later Lord Monteagle
  • Dec 1834-Apr 1835 - Aberdeen, Earl of, George Hamilton-Gordon
  • Apr 1835-Feb 1839 - Grant, Charles, later Lord Glenelg
  • Feb-Aug 1839 - Normanby, Marquess of, Constantine Phipps
  • Aug 1839-May 1841 - Russell, Lord John, later Earl Russell
  • May 1841-Dec 1845 - Stanley, Edward, later Earl of Derby
  • 1845-1846 - Gladstone, William Ewart
  • 1846-Feb 1852 - Earl Grey, Henry George Grey
  • Feb-Dec 1852 - Pakington, Sir John, later Lord Hampton
  • Dec 1852-Jun 1854 - Newcastle, Duke of, Henry Clinton

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