Secretary of State for the Northern Department

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British government office secretary of state position

The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a senior British government office responsible for foreign and domestic affairs relating mainly to northern Europe and, at times, parts of Britain and Ireland, before being replaced by the modern Foreign Secretary role.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government office ⓘ
secretary of state position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
category Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Foreign relations of the United Kingdom history ⓘ
coordinateWith Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolved 1782 ⓘ
endTime 1782 ⓘ
function advising the monarch on foreign policy in northern Europe ⓘ
management of diplomatic correspondence with northern European states ⓘ
oversight of some internal security matters ⓘ
historicalPeriod Georgian era ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
inception 1660 ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Ireland (at certain periods)

foreign affairs in northern Europe ⓘ
parts of Britain ⓘ
parts of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
relations with Russia ⓘ
relations with Scandinavia ⓘ
relations with the Dutch Republic ⓘ
some domestic affairs in Britain ⓘ
location Whitehall ⓘ
officeHeldBy Charles James Fox ⓘ
Henry Dundas ⓘ
Lord Bute ⓘ
Lord Grenville ⓘ
Lord Halifax ⓘ
Lord Rochford ⓘ
Lord Stormont ⓘ
Lord Suffolk ⓘ
George Townshend ⓘ
surface form: Lord Townshend

Robert Walpole ⓘ
William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
partOf Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: British government

British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of Great Britain
precededBy earlier English secretaries of state ⓘ
reasonForAbolition creation of a single Foreign Office ⓘ
reorganization of British foreign policy machinery ⓘ
replacedBy Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Foreign Secretary

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
replaces Secretary of State (England) ⓘ
seat London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
startTime Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Restoration of Charles II
subordinateTo the Crown ⓘ
Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: the Prime Minister of Great Britain

Referenced by (9)

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

Secretary of State for the Southern Department → coordinateWith → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
Duke of Newcastle → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department → sharesResponsibilitiesWith → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ