Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies explained

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
	1801	1804
	1804	1806
	1806	1807
	1807	1809
	1809	1809
	1809	1810
Henry Bunbury and Robert Peel^[1]	1810	1812
	1812	1816
Henry Goulburn^[2]	1816	1821
R. W. Horton^[3]	1821	1827
Edward Stanley	1827	1828
	1828	1828
	1828	1830
	1830	1834
Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre^[4]	1834	1834
	1834	1834
	1834	1835
William Ewart Gladstone^[5]	1835	1835
	1835	1839
	1839	1839
	1839	1841
	1841	1846
	1846	1846
	1846	1851
	1851	1852
	1852	1852
	1852	1854

Separate posts of Under-Secretary of State for War and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies re-established 1854

Notes and References

1. Book: Peel, Robert . The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart . Routledge . 1853 . 30.
2. Book: Hannon, Kieran . Designing and Dangerous Men . 2021 . 9781922327932.
3. Book: Ontario History . Ontario Historical Society . 1946 . vol. 38-40 . 54.
4. Rigney . Daryle . 2008 . Letters patent, native title, and the Crown in South Australia .
5. Funnel . Warwick . 1996 . Why 1886? Historical Notes on the Passage of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act . Abacus . 32 . 1 . 102–110 . 10.1111/j.1467-6281.1996.tb00453.x . Wiley.