Secretary at War

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The Secretary at War was a position with some responsibility over the administration of the British military. It was occasionally a cabinet level position, although it was considered of subordinate rank to the Secretaries of State. The position was combined with that of Secretary of State for War in 1855 and abolished in 1863.

Secretaries at War, 1661-1863

Sir William Clarke 1661-1666

Matthew Locke 1666-1683

William Blathwayte 1683-1692

George Clarke 1692-1704

Henry St John 1704-1708
Robert Walpole 1708-1710
George Granville 1710-1712
Sir William Wyndham 1712-1713
Francis Gwyn 1713-1714
William Pulteney 1714-1717
James Craggs the Younger 1717-1718
Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer 1718
Robert Pringle 1718
George Treby 1718-1720
Thomas Trevor 1720-1724
Henry Pelham 1724-1730
Sir William Strickland 1730-1735
Sir William Yonge 1735-1741
Thomas Winnington 1741-1746
Henry Fox 1746-1755
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington 1755-1761
Charles Townshend 1761-1762
Welbore Ellis 1762-1765
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington 1765-1778
Charles Jenkinson 1778-1782
Thomas Townshend 1782
Sir George Yonge 1782-1783
Richard Fitzpatrick 1783
Sir George Yonge 1783-1794
William Windham 1794-1801
Charles Philip Yorke 1801-1803
Charles Bragge 1803-1804
William Dundas 1804-1806
Richard Fitzpatrick 1806-1807
James Murray Pulteney 1807-1809
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower 1809
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 1809-1828
Sir Henry Hardinge 1828-1830
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower 1830
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn 1830-1831
Sir Henry Brooke Parnell 1831-1832
Sir John Cam Hobhouse 1832-1833
Edward Ellice 1833-1834
John Charles Herries 1834-1835
Henry Grey, Viscount Howick 1835-1839
Thomas Babington Macaulay 1839-1841
Sir Henry Hardinge 1841-1844
Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle 1844-1845
Sidney Herbert 1845-1846
Fox Maule 1846-1852
Robert Vernon Smith 1852
William Beresford 1852
Sidney Herbert 1852-1854
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle 1854-1855
Fox Maule-Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure 1855-1858
Jonathan Peel 1858-1859
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea 1859-1861
Sir George Cornewall Lewis 1861-1863