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.^{[citation needed]} They were separated again in 1854.

Under-Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854

Name	Entered office	Left office
John Sullivan	1801	1804
Edward Cooke	1804	1806
Sir George Shee, Bt and Sir James Cockburn, Bt	1806	1807
Edward Cooke and Hon. Charles Stewart	1807	1809
Hon. Frederick John Robinson and Hon. Charles Jenkinson	1809	1809
Hon. Charles Jenkinson and Henry Bunbury	1809	1810
Henry Bunbury and Robert Peel^[1]	1810	1812
Henry Bunbury and Henry Goulburn	1812	1816
Henry Goulburn^[2]	1816	1821
R. W. Horton^[3]	1821	1827
Edward Stanley^[4]	1827	1828
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower	1828	1828
Horace Twiss	1828	1830
Viscount Howick	1830	1834
Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre^[5]	1834	1834
Sir George Grey, Bt	1834	1834
Hon. John Stuart-Wortley	1834	1835
William Ewart Gladstone^[6]	1835	1835
Sir George Grey, Bt	1835	1839
Henry Labouchere	1839	1839
Robert Vernon Smith	1839	1841
George William Hope	1841	1846
The Lord Lyttelton	1846	1846
Benjamin Hawes	1846	1851
Frederick Peel	1851	1852
The 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

History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth
Northern Department 1660–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries	Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries — Undersecretaries		—
	Southern Department 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries 1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office	Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	War and Colonial Office 1801–1854 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries — Undersecretaries		India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries	Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
			India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
		Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
	Commonwealth Office 1966–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Since 2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries

Under-Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854

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