Secretary at War

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government office ministerial post

The Secretary at War was a British government official responsible for the administration and oversight of the Army, particularly its personnel and organizational matters, before the role was absorbed into the War Office.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Secretary at War canonical 9
Secretary at War (Great Britain) 1
Secretary at War (United States) 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
ministerial post ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Army ⓘ
British Empire military forces in peacetime ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
differentFrom Secretary at War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Secretary at War (United States)

Secretary of State for War ⓘ
fieldOfWork army personnel management ⓘ
defence policy ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
followedBy War Office ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver army administrative departments ⓘ
army paymasters ⓘ
army personnel records ⓘ
hasDuties administration of the British Army ⓘ
management of army pay and establishments ⓘ
organizational matters of the army ⓘ
oversight of army personnel ⓘ
preparation of army estimates for Parliament ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
officeMergedInto Secretary of State for War ⓘ
War Office ⓘ
partOf Home Civil Service ⓘ
surface form: British civil service

UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
replacedBy Secretary of State for War ⓘ
War Office ⓘ
responsibleFor civil administration of the army ⓘ
implementation of army-related legislation ⓘ
non-operational aspects of army management ⓘ
subordinateTo British Cabinet ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Forces

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paymaster of the Forces → subordinateTo → Secretary at War ⓘ
Secretary of War → precededBy → Secretary at War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary at War (under the Articles of Confederation)
Secretary at War → differentFrom → Secretary at War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary at War (United States)
Commander-in-Chief, North America → subordinateTo → Secretary at War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary at War (Great Britain)
Lord Palmerston → positionHeld → Secretary at War ⓘ
Lord Bolingbroke → servedAs → Secretary at War ⓘ
Lord Lansdowne → positionHeld → Secretary at War ⓘ
Charles Philip Yorke → positionHeld → Secretary at War ⓘ
James Craggs the Younger → positionHeld → Secretary at War ⓘ
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool → positionHeld → Secretary at War ⓘ
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere → positionHeld → Secretary at War ⓘ
Lord George Germain → positionHeld → Secretary at War ⓘ