Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes 	
Henry Dundas 	11 June 1794 	17 March 1801 	Tory 	official title Secretary of State for War; also President of the Board of Control	
The Lord Hobart 	17 March 1801 	12 May 1804 	Tory 	 	
The Earl Camden 	14 May 1804 	10 July 1805 	Tory 	 	
Vicount Castlereagh 	10 July 1805 	5 February 1806 	Tory 	 	
William Windham 	5 February 1806 	25 March 1807 	Whig/Grenvillite	 	
Viscount Castlereagh 	25 March 1807 	1 November 1809 	Tory 	 	
The Earl of Liverpool 	1 November 1809 	11 June 1812 	Tory 	 	
The Earl Bathurst 	11 June 1812 	30 April 1827 	Tory 	 	
The Viscount Goderich 	30 April 1827 	3 September 1827	Tory 	 	
William Huskisson 	3 September 1827	30 May 1828 	Tory/Canningite 	 	
Sir George Murray 	30 May 1828 	22 November 1830	Tory 	 	
The Viscount Goderich 	22 November 1830	3 April 1833 	Canningite/Whig 	 	
Edward Stanley 	3 April 1833 	5 June 1834 	Whig 	 	
Thomas Spring Rice 	5 June 1834 	14 November 1834	Whig 	 	
The Duke of Wellington 	15 November 1834	15 December 1834	Conservative 	Wellington served as interim Secretary of State 	
The Earl of Aberdeen 	15 December 1834	18 April 1835 	Conservative 	 	
The Lord Glenelg 	18 April 1835 	20 February 1839	Whig 	 	
The Marquess of Normanby 	20 February 1839	30 August 1839 	Whig 	 	
Lord John Russell 	30 August 1839 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	 	
Lord Stanleyfrom 1844, the Lord Stanley	3 September 1841	23 December 1845	Conservative 	 	
William Gladstone 	23 December 1845	27 June 1846 	Conservative 	 	
The Earl Grey 	6 July 1846 	21 February 1852	Whig 	 	
Sir John Pakington 	27 February 1852	17 December 1852	Conservative 	 	
The Duke of Newcastle 	28 December 1852	10 June 1854 	Peelite 	 	
Post divided into Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for the Colonies.