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Secretary of State

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

6Records

1878–1986Date range

6Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1878

Frederick Arthur Stanley Derby, 16th1878

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for War

1905

Hope Hope, 7th1905

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for Scotland

1972

Whitelaw24 March 1972

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State

William Whitelaw24 March 1972

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1983

Peter Walker10 June 1983

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for Energy

1986

Malcolm Rifkind1986

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for Scotland

Names involved

Frederick Arthur Stanley Derby, 16thHope Hope, 7thMalcolm RifkindPeter WalkerWhitelawWilliam Whitelaw

Provenance

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