monarch predecessor successor office term_start article_title term_end name
charles ii sir william clarke william blathwayt secretary at war 1666 matthew locke -lrb- administrator -rrb-
 1683 matthew locke
matthew locke -lrb- administrator -rrb-

matthew locke -lrb- fl .
1660 -- 1683 -rrb- was an english administrator , holder of the post of secretary at war from 1666 to 1683 , when he sold it .
locke was clerk to the `` irish and scottish committee '' set up in 1651 ; and later gave evidence against henry vane the younger who was on it .
he was a nephew of sir paul davis , also concerned in irish business as administrator , and was then private secretary to george monck .
he was related also , at some distance , to robert southwell .
after the death of monck -lrb- who had become the duke of albemarle -rrb- in 1670 , locke transformed the role of his secretaryship .
it took on a significant share of military movement and supply orders .
locke 's tenure consolidated the administrative role of the post .
the secretaryship was bought from locke in 1683 by william blathwayt , who had royal backing .
