In 1708, after Union with Scotland, a Secretary of State for Scotland was appointed, but the third secretaryship disappeared from 1742 until 1768, when a newly re-instituted third secretary began to take charge of the increasing administrative work of the British Empire.
在1708年，英格兰与苏格兰联合之后，创建苏格兰大臣的职位，但这第三个內閣大臣职务从1742年到1768年取消，第三大臣再次创立的时候，担负了大英帝国日益增加的行政事务。