UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR

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Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for War, 1794-1947

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

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

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: H. Roberts

★ 1855: F. Peel

★ 1857: Sir J. Ramsden

★ 1858: Viscount Hardinge

★ March 1859: Earl of Rosslyn

★ June 1859: Earl de Grey and Ripon

★ January 1861: T.G. Baring

★ July 1861: Earl de Grey and Ripon

★ 1863: Marquess of Hartington

★ February 1866: Lord Dufferin

★ July 1866: Earl of Longford

★ 1868: Lord Northbrook

★ 1872: Marquess of Lansdowne

★ 1874: Earl of Pembroke

★ 1875: Earl Cadogan

★ 1878: Viscount Bury

★ 1880: Earl Morley

★ 1885: Viscount Bury

★ February 1886: Lord Sandhurst

★ August 1886: Lord Harris

★ 1890: Earl Brownlow

★ 1892: Lord Sandhurst

★ January 1895: Lord Monkswell

★ July 1895: William St John Brodrick

★ 1898: George Wyndham

★ 1900: Lord Raglan

★ 1902: Earl of Hardwicke

★ 1903: Earl of Donoughmore

★ 1905: Earl of Portsmouth

★ 1908: Lord Lucas

★ 1911: John Seely

★ 1912: Harold Tennant

★ 1916: Earl of Derby

★ 1916: James Macpherson

★ 1919: Viscount Peel

★ 1921: Robert Sanders

★ 1922: Walter Guinness

★ 1923: Wilfrid Ashley

★ 1924: Clement Attlee

★ 1924: Earl of Onslow

★ 1928: Duke of Sutherland

★ 1929: Earl De La Warr

★ 1930: Lord Marley

★ ''office vacant''

★ 1931: Earl Stanhope

★ 1934: Lord Strathcona

★ 1939: Earl of Munster

★ 1939: Viscount Cobham

★ 1940: Sir Henry Page Croft (to 1945)

★ 1940: Sir Edward Grigg (to 1942)

★ 1942: Arthur Henderson (to 1943)

★ 1945: Lord Nathan

★ 1946: Lord Pakenham
''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, 1947-1947

★ 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''

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