War Office
Videos
The War Office has referred to several British government organisations throughout history, all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration o
View of the former War Office building from Whitehall.
The former War Office building facing Horse Guards Avenue.
Secretary of State for War
Videos
The Secretary of State for War, commonly called the War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom. The position existed from 1794 to 1801 and again from 1854 to 1964.
War Office
…Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, the Secretary at War, and the twin Secretaries of State; most of whose military responsibilities were passed to a new Secretary of State for War in 1794. Others who performed specialist functions were the controller of army accounts, the Army Medical Board, the Commissariat Department, the Board…
Edward Cardwell, later Viscount Cardwell, Secretary of State for War from 1868 to 1874; architect of the Cardwell Reforms
Henry Raeburn The 1st Viscount Melville N03880 National Gallery
5th Duke Of Newcastle
Thomas duncan