Under-Secretary of State for War

The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean (appointed in 1794). In 1801 the offices for War and the Colonies were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The position was re-instated in 1854 and remained until 1947, when it was combined with that of Financial Secretary to the War Office. In 1964 the War Office, Admiralty and Air Ministry were merged to form the Ministry of Defence, and the post was abolished.

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for War, 1794–1801

NamePeriod
Evan Nepean17941795
William Huskisson17951801

See Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies for the period 1801-1854.

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for War, 1854–1947

NamePeriod
Henry Roberts18541855
Frederick Peel18551857
Sir John Ramsden, Bt18571858
The Viscount Hardinge1858March 1859
The Earl of RosslynMarch 1859June 1859
The Earl de GreyJune 1859January 1861
Hon. Thomas BaringJanuary 1861July 1861
The Earl de GreyJuly 18611863
The Marquess of Hartington1863February 1866
The Lord Dufferin and ClaneboyeFebruary 1866July 1866
The Earl of LongfordJuly 18661868
The Lord Northbrook18681872
The Marquess of Lansdowne18721874
The Earl of Pembroke18741875
The Earl Cadogan18751878
Viscount Bury18781880
The Earl of Morley18801885
Viscount Bury1885February 1886
The Lord SandhurstFebruary 1886August 1886
The Lord HarrisAugust 18861890
The Earl Brownlow18901892
The Lord Sandhurst1892January 1895
The Lord MonkswellJanuary 1895July 1895
Hon. St John BrodrickJuly 18951898
George Wyndham18981900
The Lord Raglan19001902
The Earl of Hardwicke19021903
The Earl of Donoughmore19031905
The Earl of Portsmouth19051908
The Lord Lucas of Crudwell19081911
J. E. B. Seely19111912
Harold Tennant19121916
The Earl of Derby1916
Ian Macpherson19161919
The Viscount Peel19191921
Robert Sanders19211922
Hon. Walter Guinness19221923
Wilfrid Ashley19231924
Clement Attlee1924
The Earl of Onslow19241928
The Duke of Sutherland19281929
The Earl De La Warr19291930
The Lord Marley19301931
Office vacant1931
The Earl Stanhope19311934
The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal19341939
The Earl of Munster1939
The Viscount Cobham19391940
The Lord Croft
and Sir Edward Grigg
19401942
The Lord Croft
and Arthur Henderson
19421943
The Lord Croft19431945
The Lord Nathan19451946
The Lord Pakenham1946April 1947

In April 1947 the office was combined with that of Financial Secretary to the War Office.

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for War and Financial Secretary to the War Office, 1947–1964

NamePeriod
John Freeman1947?
Michael Stewart ?1951
Woodrow Wyatt1951
James Hutchison19511954
Fitzroy Maclean19541957
Julian Amery19571958
Hon. Hugh Fraser19581960
James Ramsden19601963
Peter Kirk1963April 1964

Office reorganised 1 April 1964

Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for War, 1854–1966

NamePeriod
G. C. Mundy18541857
Sir Benjamin Hawes18571862
Sir Edward Lugard18621871
John Vivian.[1]18711878
Sir Ralph Wood Thompson18781895
Sir Arthur Haliburton18951897
Sir Ralph Henry Knox18971901
Sir Edward Ward19011914
Sir Reginald Brade19141920
Sir Herbert Creedy19201939
Sir P. J. Grigg19391942
Sir Frederick Bovenschen and Sir Eric Speed19421945
Sir E. Speed19451948
Sir G. Turner19491956
Sir Edward Playfair19561960
Sir Richard Way19601963
A. Drew19631964

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