Under-Secretary of State for War
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[edit] Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for War, 1794-1947
- 1794: Sir Evan Nepean, Bt
- 1795: William Huskisson
In 1801 the offices for War and the Colonies were merged. See Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. They were separated again in 1854.
- 1854: Henry Roberts
- 1855: Frederick Peel
- 1857: Sir John Ramsden
- 1858: The Viscount Hardinge
- March 1859: The Earl of Rosslyn
- June 1859: The Earl de Grey and Ripon
- January 1861: Thomas Baring
- July 1861: The Earl de Grey and Ripon
- 1863: The Marquess of Hartington
- February 1866: The Lord Dufferin and Claneboye
- July 1866: The Earl of Longford
- 1868: The Lord Northbrook
- 1872: The Marquess of Lansdowne
- 1874: The Earl of Pembroke
- 1875: The Earl Cadogan
- 1878: Viscount Bury
- 1880: The Earl of Morley
- 1885: Viscount Bury
- February 1886: The Lord Sandhurst
- August 1886: The Lord Harris
- 1890: The Earl Brownlow
- 1892: The Lord Sandhurst
- January 1895: The Lord Monkswell
- July 1895: St John Brodrick
- 1898: George Wyndham
- 1900: The Lord Raglan
- 1902: The Earl of Hardwicke
- 1903: The Earl of Donoughmore
- 1905: The Earl of Portsmouth
- 1908: The Lord Lucas of Crudwell
- 1911: J. E. B. Seely
- 1912: Harold Tennant
- 1916: The Earl of Derby
- 1916: James Macpherson
- 1919: The Viscount Peel
- 1921: Robert Sanders
- 1922: Walter Guinness
- 1923: Wilfrid Ashley
- 1924: Clement Attlee
- 1924: The Earl of Onslow
- 1928: The Duke of Sutherland
- 1929: The Earl De La Warr
- 1930: The Lord Marley
- office vacant
- 1931: The Earl Stanhope
- 1934: The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
- 1939: The Earl of Munster
- 1939: The Viscount Cobham
- 1940: Sir Henry Page Croft (to 1945)
- 1940: Sir Edward Grigg (to 1942)
- 1942: Arthur Henderson (to 1943)
- 1945: The Lord Nathan
- 1946: The Lord Pakenham
In April 1947 the office was combined with that of Financial Secretary to the War Office.
[edit] Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for War and Financial Secretary to the War Office, 1947-1964
- 1947: John Freeman
- : Michael Stewart
- 1951: Woodrow Wyatt
- 1951: James Hutchison
- 1954: Fitzroy Maclean
- 1957: Julian Amery
- 1958: Hugh Fraser
- 1960: James Ramsden
- 1963: Peter Kirk
Office reorganised 1 April 1964
[edit] Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for War, 1854-1966
- 1854: G.C. Mundy
- 1857: Sir B. Hawes
- 1862: Sir E. Lugard
- 1871: J.C. Vivian
- 1878: Sir R.W. Thomson
- 1895: Sir A.L. Haliburton
- 1897: Sir R.H. Knox
- 1901: Sir E.W.D. Ward
- 1914: Sir R. Brade
- 1920: Sir H. Creedy
- 1939: Sir J. Grigg
- 1942: Sir F. Bovenschen and Sir E. Speed
- 1945: Sir E. Speed
- 1949: Sir G. Turner
- 1956: Sir E. Playfair
- 1960: (Sir) R. Way
- 1963: (Sir) A. Drew
