# Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

The Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
In 1801 the offices of Under-Secretary of State for War and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies were merged to create the new office. They were separated again in 1854.

## Under-Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854

| Name | Entered office | Left office |
| John Sullivan | 1801 | 1804 |
| Edward Cooke | 1804 | 1806 |
| Sir George Shee, Bt and Sir James Cockburn, Bt | 1806 | 1807 |
| Edward Cooke and Hon. Charles Stewart | 1807 | 1809 |
| Hon. Frederick John Robinson and Hon. Charles Jenkinson | 1809 | 1809 |
| Hon. Charles Jenkinson and Henry Bunbury | 1809 | 1810 |
| Henry Bunbury and Robert Peel | 1810 | 1812 |
| Henry Bunbury and Henry Goulburn | 1812 | 1816 |
| Henry Goulburn | 1816 | 1821 |
| R. W. Horton | 1821 | 1827 |
| Edward Stanley | 1827 | 1828 |
| Lord Francis Leveson-Gower | 1828 | 1828 |
| Horace Twiss | 1828 | 1830 |
| Viscount Howick | 1830 | 1833 |
| Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre | 1833 | 1834 |
| Sir George Grey, Bt | 1834 | 1834 |
| Hon. John Stuart-Wortley | 1834 | 1835 |
| William Ewart Gladstone | 1835 | 1835 |
| Sir George Grey, Bt | 1835 | 1839 |
| Henry Labouchere | 1839 | 1839 |
| Robert Vernon Smith | 1839 | 1841 |
| George William Hope | 1841 | 1846 |
| The Lord Lyttelton | 1846 | 1846 |
| Benjamin Hawes | 1846 | 1851 |
| Frederick Peel | 1851 | 1852 |
| The Earl of Desart | 1852 | 1852 |
| Frederick Peel | 1852 | 1854 |
Separate posts of Under-Secretary of State for War and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies re-established 1854
History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth :
| Northern Department 1660–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | — |
| Northern Department 1660–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | Southern Department 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries 1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office | Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | — |
| Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | | — |
| Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries — Undersecretaries |
| Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries — Undersecretaries |
| Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries | India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries |
| Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries ||
| Commonwealth Office 1966–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries |||
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries ||||
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Since 2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries ||||