Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

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British cabinet position government office

The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a senior British cabinet post responsible for overseeing both military affairs and the administration of the British Empire’s colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Label	Occurrences
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies canonical	13

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British cabinet position ⓘ government office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Henry Dundas NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Aberdeen, 4th Earl of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Bathurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Camden NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Castlereagh NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Chatham NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Chatham, 2nd Earl of Chatham NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Derby, 14th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Ellenborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Ellenborough, 1st Earl of Ellenborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord FitzHarris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Glenelg NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Goderich NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Harrowby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Harrowby, 1st Earl of Harrowby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Hobart NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Howick NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord John Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Mulgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Mulgrave, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Normanby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Palmerston NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Palmerston, 3rd Viscount Palmerston NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ William Pitt the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ William Windham NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	British Army policy ⓘ administration of the British Empire’s colonies ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ war ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

Edward Stanley, 23rd Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

Lord Derby → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

Lord Buckinghamshire → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire

British Resident in New Zealand → appointedBy → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey → notableOffice → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

George Murray → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

14th Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst → positionHeld → Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ