The Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
In 1801 the offices of Under-Secretary of State for War and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies were merged to create the new office. They were separated again in 1854.
Under-Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854 Name Entered office Left officeJohn Sullivan 1801 1804 Edward Cooke 1804 1806 Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet and Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet 1806 1807 Edward Cooke and Charles Stewart 1807 1809 Frederick Robinson and Charles Jenkinson 1809 1809 Charles Jenkinson and Henry Bunbury 1809 1810 Henry Bunbury and Robert Peel 1810 1812 Henry Bunbury and Henry Goulburn 1812 1816 Henry Goulburn 1816 1821 R. W. Horton 1821 1827 Edward Stanley 1827 1828 Lord Francis Leveson-Gower 1828 1828 Horace Twiss 1828 1830 Henry Grey, Viscount Howick 1830 1833 Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre 1833 1834 Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet 1834 1834 John Stuart-Wortley 1834 1835 William Ewart Gladstone 1835 1835 Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet 1835 1839 Henry Labouchere 1839 1839 Robert Vernon Smith 1839 1841 George William Hope 1841 1846 George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton 1846 1846 Benjamin Hawes 1846 1851 Frederick Peel 1851 1852 John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart 1852 1852 Frederick Peel 1852 1854
Separate posts of Under-Secretary of State for War and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies re-established 1854
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