Secretary at War

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Sir William Clarke 	1661 	1666 	 	
Matthew Locke 	1666 	1683 	 	
William Blathwayt 	1683 	1692 	Whig 	
George Clarke 	1692 	1704 	Tory 	
Henry St John 	April 1704 	February 1708 	Tory 	
Robert Walpole 	February 1708 	September 1710 	Whig 	
George Granvillefrom 1712, the Lord Lansdowne 	September 1710 	June 1712 	Tory 	
Sir William Wyndham 	June 1712 	November 1713 	Tory 	
Francis Gwyn 	November 1713 	September 1714 	Tory 	
William Pulteney 	October 1714 	11 April 1717 	Whig 	
James Craggs 	13 April 1717 	15 March 1718 	Whig 	
The Viscount Castlecomer 	15 March 1718 	18 May 1718 	Whig 	
Robert Pringle 	18 May 1718 	24 December 1718 	Whig 	
George Treby 	December 1718 	1720 	Whig 	
Thomas Trevor 	1720 	3 April 1724 	 	
Henry Pelham 	3 April 1724 	8 May 1730 	Whig 	
Sir William Strickland 	8 May 1730 	1735 	Whig 	
Sir William Yonge 	1735 	1746 	Whig 	
Henry Fox 	1746 	1754 	Whig 	
The Viscount Barrington 	1755 	19 March 1761 	Whig 	
Charles Townshend 	19 March 1761 	8 December 1762 	Whig 	
Welbore Ellis 	December 1762 	July 1765 	Whig 	
The Viscount Barrington 	July 1765 	December 1778 	 	
Charles Jenkinson 	December 1778 	March 1782 	Tory 	
Thomas Townshend 	March 1782 	July 1782 	Whig 	
Sir George Yonge 	July 1782 	April 1783 	Whig 	
Richard Fitzpatrick 	April 1783 	December 1783 	Whig 	
Sir George Yonge 	December 1783 	July 1794 	 	
William Windham 	July 1794 	20 February 1801 	Portland Whig 	
Charles Philip Yorke 	20 February 1801 	17 August 1803 	Tory 	
Charles Bragge 	17 August 1803 	11 May 1804 	Tory 	
William Dundas 	11 May 1804 	February 1806 	Tory 	
Richard Fitzpatrick 	February 1806 	31 March 1807 	Whig 	
Sir James Murray-Pulteney 	31 March 1807 	June 1809 	Tory 	
Lord Granville Gower 	July 1809 	October 1809 	Tory 	
The Viscount Palmerston 	October 1809 	June 1828 	Tory 	
Sir Henry Hardinge 	July 1828 	July 1830 	Tory 	
Lord Francis Gower 	July 1830 	22 November 1830 	Tory 	
Charles Williams Wynn 	30 November 1830 	4 April 1831 	Canningite/Whig	
Sir Henry Parnell 	4 April 1831 	1 February 1832 	Whig 	
Sir John Cam Hobhouse 	1 February 1832 	6 April 1833 	Whig 	
Edward Ellice 	6 April 1833 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	
John Herries 	16 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Conservative 	
Viscount Howick 	18 April 1835 	27 September 1839	Whig 	
Thomas Babington Macaulay 	27 September 1839	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
Sir Henry Hardinge 	4 September 1841 	17 May 1844 	Conservative 	
Sir Thomas Fremantle 	17 May 1844 	4 February 1845 	Conservative 	
Sidney Herbert 	4 February 1845 	27 June 1846 	Conservative 	
Fox Maule 	6 July 1846 	6 February 1852 	Whig 	
Robert Vernon Smith 	6 February 1852 	21 February 1852 	Whig 	
William Beresford 	28 February 1852 	17 December 1852 	Conservative 	
Sidney Herbert 	30 December 1852 	8 February 1855 	Peelite 	
The Lord Panmure 	8 February 1855 	26 February 1858 	Whig 	
Jonathan Peel 	25 February 1858 	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	
Sidney Herbertfrom 1861, the Lord Herbert of Lea	18 June 1859 	22 July 1861 	Liberal 	
Sir George Lewis 	22 July 1861 	1863 	Liberal 	
The office, which had been united to that of Secretary of State for War since 1854, was abolished in 1863.