The secretary of state for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Southern Department became the Home Office.
Sir Edward Nicholas by Sir Peter Lely
Peter Lely Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, in Garter Robes 108929 National Trust
Lord sunderland
Sir Leoline Jenkins by Herbert Tuer
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, was an English diplomat, courtier and Tory politician from the Villiers family. He was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
…Charles Talbot 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (1660–1718) 27 April 1695 12 December 1698 James Vernon MP for Westminster (1646–1727) 12 December 1698 14 May 1699 Edward Villiers 1st Earl of Jersey (c. 1656–1711) 14 May 1699 27 June 1700 James Vernon MP for Westminster (1646–1727) 27 June 1700 4 January 1702 Charles Montagu 4th Earl of Manchester…
Portrait of Jersey by Hyacinthe Rigaud
Edward Villiers as a young man in a portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud