Financial Secretary to the War Office

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government office ministerial post

The Financial Secretary to the War Office was a British government post responsible for overseeing and managing the financial affairs and military expenditure of the War Office.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Financial Secretary to the War Office canonical 4
Financial Secretary for War 1
War Office financial departments 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
ministerial post ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

monarch of the United Kingdom on advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ
category British Army positions ⓘ
Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom ⓘ
War Office ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfWork defence budgeting ⓘ
government accounting ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAssociatedBuilding Old War Office building ⓘ
surface form: War Office building, Whitehall
hasDomain defence ⓘ
military finance ⓘ
hasDuty advising on financial aspects of army policy ⓘ
budgetary control for the War Office ⓘ
financial administration of army spending ⓘ
management of military expenditure ⓘ
oversight of War Office finances ⓘ
presentation of army estimates to Parliament ⓘ
hasPurpose coordinate military expenditure with national budget ⓘ
ensure financial control over army spending ⓘ
provide parliamentary accountability for War Office finances ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition junior ministerial rank ⓘ
subordinate to the Secretary of State for War ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
officeHeldBy Members of Parliament ⓘ
partOf British Army administration ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

War Office ⓘ
replacedBy Ministry of Defence financial administration ⓘ
financial functions within the Ministry of Defence ⓘ
reportsTo Secretary of State for War ⓘ
War Office leadership ⓘ
saidToBeTheSameAs Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ
surface form: Financial Secretary for War
scope army expenditure ⓘ
financial affairs of the War Office ⓘ
military budgeting and accounts ⓘ
seat London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
usedBy British Army ⓘ
War Office ⓘ

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Financial Secretary to the War Office
Description of subject: The Financial Secretary to the War Office was a British government post responsible for overseeing and managing the financial affairs and military expenditure of the War Office.

Referenced by (6)

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

George Goschen → positionHeld → Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ
subject surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Duff Cooper → positionHeld → Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ
Financial Secretary to the War Office → saidToBeTheSameAs → Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ
this entity surface form: Financial Secretary for War
Treasurer of the Ordnance → replacedBy → Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Office financial departments
Henry Campbell-Bannerman → positionHeld → Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ
Army Council → member → Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ