Secretary of State for the Northern Department
The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of United Kingdom up to 1782. Before 1782, the responsibilities of the two Secretaries of State were not divided up in terms of area of authority, but rather geographically. The Secretary of State for the Northern Department, the more junior of the two, was responsible for Northern England, Scotland, and relations with the Protestant states of Northern Europe. The more senior Secretary of State for the Southern Department was responsible for Southern England, Wales, Ireland, the American colonies (until 1768), and relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe. During the 18th century, Secretaries of State for the Northern Department, if peers, were often Leaders of the House of Lords as well.
Secretaries of State for the Northern Department, 1660-1782Sir William Morice: 27 June 1660 - 29 September 1668Sir John Trevor: 29 September 1668 - 8 July 1672Henry Coventry 8 July 1672 - 11 September 1674Sir Joseph Williamson: 11 September 1674 - 20 February 1679Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: 20 February 1679 - 26 April 1680Sir Leoline Jenkins: 26 April 1680 - 2 February 1681Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway: 2 February 1681 - 14 April 1684Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin: 14 April - 24 August 1684Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton: 24 August 1684 - 28 October 1688Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston: 28 October - 2 December 1688Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: 5 March 1689 - 26 December 1690Henry Sydney, 1st Viscount Sydney of Sheppey: 26 December 1690 - 3 March 1692Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: 3 March 1692 - 23 March 1693Sir John Trenchard: 23 March 1693 - 2 March 1694Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury: 2 March 1694 - 3 May 1695Sir William Trumbull: 3 May 1695 - 2 December 1697James Vernon: 2 December 1697 - 5 November 1700Sir Charles Hedges: 5 November 1700 - 29 December 1701James Vernon: 4 January - 1 May 1702Sir Charles Hedges: 2 May 1702 - 18 May 1704Robert Harley: 18 May 1704 - 13 February 1708Henry Boyle: 13 February 1708 - 21 September 1710Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: 21 September 1710 - 17 August 1713William Bromley: 17 August 1713 - 17 September 1714Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: 17 September 1714 - 12 December 1716James Stanhope: 12 December 1716 - 12 April 1717Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland: 12 April 1717 - 2 March 1718James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope: 16 March 1718 - 4 February 1721Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: 10 February 1721 - 16 May 1730William Stanhope, 1st Lord Harrington: 19 June 1730 - 12 February 1742John Carteret, 2nd Lord Carteret: 12 February 1742 - 24 November 1744William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: 24 November 1744 - 10 February 1746John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville: 10 February - 14 February 1746William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: 14 February - 28 October 1746Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: 29 October 1746 - 6 February 1748Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle: 6 February 1748 - 23 March 1754Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse: 23 March 1754 - 25 March 1761John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute: 25 March 1761 - 27 May 1762George Grenville: 27 May - 9 October 1762George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax: 14 October 1762 - 9 September 1763John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: 9 September 1763 - 10 July 1765Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton: 12 July 1765 - 14 May 1766Henry Seymour Conway: 23 May 1766 - 20 January 1768Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth 20 January - 21 October 1768William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford: 21 October 1768 - 19 December 1770John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: 19 December 1770 - 12 January 1771George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax: 19 January - 6 June 1771Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk: 12 June 1771 - 7 March 1779Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth: 7 March - 27 October 1779David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont: 27 October 1779 - 27 March 1782
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