Secretary of State for War

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United Kingdom government ministerial position defunct ministerial office

The Secretary of State for War was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the administration, organization, and policy of the British Army before the role was abolished and its functions absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.

Aliases (4)

Secretary of State for War of the United Kingdom ×2
British Secretary of State for War ×1
Secretary at War ×1
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom government ministerial position → defunct ministerial office →
abolishedInYear	1964 →
abolishedOnDate	1964-04-01 →
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom →
associatedWithConflict	First World War → Napoleonic Wars → Second World War →
combinedOfficeExistedFrom	1801 →
combinedOfficeExistedUntil	1854 →
combinedOfficeName	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies →
combinedWithOffice	Secretary of State for the Colonies →
country	United Kingdom →
governmentalFunction	defence policy for land forces → military administration →
historicalPeriod	18th century → 19th century → 20th century →
mergedInto	Ministry of Defence →
militaryBranch	Army →
nativeLanguageName	Secretary of State for War →
notResponsibleFor	Royal Air Force → Royal Navy →
officeCreatedBy	King George III →
officeCreatedInYear	1794 →
officeCreatedUnderMonarch	George III →
officeHolderRole	British cabinet minister →
officeType	civilian political office →
oversaw	Army budgeting → Army equipment procurement → Army personnel policy → War Office civil administration →
parentOrganization	War Office →
partOf	British government →
precededBy	Secretary at War →
replacedBy	Ministry of Defence → Secretary of State for Defence →
reportsTo	Cabinet of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
responsibleFor	British Army → administration of the British Army → organization of the British Army → policy of the British Army →
scope	land forces →
seat	London →
separatedFromOffice	Secretary of State for the Colonies →
status	abolished →
style	The Right Honourable →
successorBody	Army Department of the Ministry of Defence →
usedTitle	The Right Honourable →
wasMemberOf	Committee of Imperial Defence →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David Lloyd George ("Secretary of State for War of the United Kingdom") → Duff Cooper → Duke of Choiseul → Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby → Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne → Henry Dundas → Horatio Herbert Kitchener ("Secretary of State for War of the United Kingdom") → John Profumo → Lord Kitchener → Robert Walpole ("Secretary at War") → Sir George Cornewall Lewis → Winston Churchill → Winston Churchill →	positionHeld
Financial Secretary to the War Office → Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War →	reportsTo
Secretary of State for War ("Secretary of State for War and the Colonies") →	combinedOfficeName
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War →	contrastWith
Lord Kitchener Wants You poster ("British Secretary of State for War") →	depicts
Secretary at War →	differentFrom
War Office →	hadMinisterialHead
Committee of Imperial Defence →	hasMember
Second Baldwin government →	includesOffice
Secretary of State for Air →	isDistinctFrom
Secretary of State for War →	nativeLanguageName
Secretary at War →	officeMergedInto
Secretary of State for Defence →	precededByOffice
Secretary at War →	replacedBy
Paymaster of the Forces →	subordinateTo
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War →	worksWith