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Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records

1874–1960Date range

6Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1874

Hardy Cranbrook, 1st1874

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary for War

1885

Frederick Arthur Stanley Derby, 16th1885

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Colonial Secretary

1903

Hugh Arnold-Foster1903

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

1924

Leopold Amery1924

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Stephen Walsh1924

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for War

1960

John Profumo1960

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Names involved

Frederick Arthur Stanley Derby, 16thHardy Cranbrook, 1stHugh Arnold-FosterJohn ProfumoLeopold AmeryStephen Walsh

Provenance

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