Secretary of State 1782-1870

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 8, Foreign Office Officials 1782-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1979.

'Secretary of State 1782-1870 ', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 8, Foreign Office Officials 1782-1870, (London, 1979) pp. 10. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol8/p10 [accessed 26 April 2024]

LISTS OF APPOINTMENTS

The Secretary of State entered office on receiving the seals from the Sovereign, and took the oath at a meeting of the Privy Council usually held on the same day. (fn. 1) His authority lasted until he delivered the seals back to the Sovereign. Originally appointments were formally embodied in letters patent under the great seal granting the office during pleasure. After the appointment of Malmesbury in 1852 this practice was not regularly adopted.

From 1782 to 1795 the Secretary of State received fixed allowances amounting to £5,680 a year together with office fees and other minor perquisites, the total of which varied from year to year. (fn. 2) In 1795 a consolidated salary of £6,000 was substituted. (fn. 3) In 1831 the salary was reduced to £5,000. (fn. 4)



1782	27 March	Fox, Hon. C. J.
1782	10 July	Grantham, Lord
1783	2 April	Fox, Hon. C. J.
1783	19 Dec.	Temple, Earl (fn. 5)
1783	23 Dec.	Carmarthen, Marquess of
1791	29 April	Grenville, Lord
1801	20 Feb.	Hawkesbury, Lord
1804	12 May	Harrowby, Lord
1805	11 Jan.	Mulgrave, Lord
1806	7 Feb.	Fox, Hon. C. J.
1806	24 Sept.	Howick, Viscount
1807	25 March	Canning, G.
1809	11 Oct.	Bathurst, Earl
1809	6 Dec.	Wellesley, Marquess
1812	28 Feb.	Castlereagh, Viscount
1822	16 Sept.	Canning, G.
1827	30 April	Dudley and Ward, Viscount
1828	30 May	Aberdeen, Earl of
1830	22 Nov.	Palmerston, Viscount
1834	17 Nov.	Wellington, Duke of
1835	18 April	Palmerston, Viscount
1841	3 Sept.	Aberdeen, Earl of
1846	6 July	Palmerston, Viscount
1851	26 Dec.	Granville, Earl
1852	27 Feb.	Malmesbury, Earl of
1852	28 Dec.	Russell, Lord J.
1853	21 Feb.	Clarendon, Earl of
1858	26 Feb.	Malmesbury, Earl of
1859	18 June	Russell, Lord J.
1865	3 Nov.	Clarendon, Earl of
1866	6 July	Stanley, Lord
1868	9 Dec.	Clarendon, Earl of
1870	6 July	Granville, Earl