Secretary of State for the Southern Department

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British government office secretary of state position

The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government office ⓘ secretary of state position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British colonies in North America ⓘ Caribbean colonies ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: Ireland parts of the British Empire in southern Europe and the Mediterranean ⓘ southern England ⓘ
category	Defunct ministerial office in the United Kingdom ⓘ Foreign relations of the United Kingdom (historical) ⓘ History of the British civil service ⓘ
coordinateWith	Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
followedBy	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ Home Secretary ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for the Home Department
governs	correspondence with ambassadors and envoys in southern and Catholic Europe ⓘ internal security in southern England (in part) ⓘ policy towards Ireland before creation of later offices ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	combined domestic and foreign policy responsibilities ⓘ one of two principal secretaries of state ⓘ responsibilities changed over time ⓘ
hasDuties	colonial administration for certain territories ⓘ domestic affairs in southern England ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ oversight of Ireland ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1782) Restoration England ⓘ
officeAbolished	1782 ⓘ
officeCreated	1660 ⓘ
partOf	British Cabinet ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
precededBy	Lord Privy Seal ⓘ surface form: King’s Principal Secretary
reorganizedIn	1782 ⓘ
reorganizedInto	Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office Home Office ⓘ
replacedBy	more specialized secretaries of state after 1782 ⓘ
seat	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
sharesResponsibilitiesWith	Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
subordinateTo	Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: the Prime Minister of Great Britain the monarch of Great Britain ⓘ
usedFor	conducting diplomacy with Catholic and southern European powers ⓘ managing relations with Portugal ⓘ managing relations with Spain ⓘ managing relations with colonies in North America (for much of the 18th century) ⓘ managing relations with colonies in the West Indies ⓘ managing relations with the Ottoman Empire ⓘ managing relations with the Papal States and Italian states ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Secretary of State for the Northern Department → coordinateWith → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

Pitt family → notableForOfficeHeldByMembers → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

Home Secretary → originallyPartOf → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

George Grenville → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

Pitt the Elder → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

Duke of Newcastle → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

William Pitt the Elder → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

Earl of Chatham → positionHeld → Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ

subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder