THE SECRETARIES OF STATE. [Until the reign of Henry VIII. there was only one Secretary of State; and until the reign of Elizabeth, the Secretaries were never of the Privy Council. From the death of Queen Anne to the Rebellion of 1745, there was a third Secretary for Scotland; and from 1768, to the loss of America, in 1782, there was one for the Colonies, which office was revived in 1804, in conjunction with the War Department. The departments of the two Secretaries were, previous to 1782, divided into Northern and Southern, now styled the Home and Foreign Departments. From 1782 until 1854 there were two, and sometimes three, Secretaries of State. In that year a fourth was added, in consequence of the separation of the Department of War from that of the Colonies, and in 1858 the creation of a Secretary of State for India increased the number to five, at which it now remains. With the Home Secretary, all grants, pardons, and regulations in civil matters of every kind, are made out and executed. To the Foreign Secretary belong ull despatches to and from other courts, and all business appertaining to the same. They have the custody of the privy signet, because the Queen's private letters are sealed with it. There are four Clerks of the Signet, who make out grants, patents, &c. which have the sign manual, to which the Signet being added, it is a warrant to the Privy Seal, as the Privy Seal is a warrant to the Great Seal. The Paper Office belongs to the Secretaries of State, where all papers, letters, memorials, negotiations, &c., are deposited and preserved.] Home Department; previous to 1782 styled the Northern Department. Duke of Portland. Lord Pelham. Right Hon. Charles Yorke. Lord Hawkesbury. Right Hon. Richard Ryder. Right Hon. William-Sturges Bourne. Right Hon. Henry Goulburn. Sir James- Robert-George Graham, bart. Right Hon. Spencer-Horatio Walpole. Foreign Department; previous to 1782 styled the Southern Department. Lord Hawkesbury. Lord Harrowby. Earl of Mulgrave. Right Hon.. Charles-James Fox. Right Hon. George Canning. Earl Granville. 1841, Sept. 3, 1845, Dec. 23, 1846, July 6, 1852, Feb. 27, Dec. 28, Viscount Castlereagh. Right Hon. Edward G. Stanley. Right Hon. Charles Grant. Lord Stanley. Right Hon. William-Ewart Gladstone. Right Hon. Sir John S. Pakington, bart. [1854, June 10.—The Departments were divided.] 1 1880, April Under Secretaries for the War Department. Mr. Campbell- Bannerman. (Financial.) Secretaries of State for the Colonies Department. 1854, June 10, 1855, May 15, July 21, 1874, Mar. 1878, 1880, April Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, bart. Right Hon. Sir Edward Lytton-Bulwer, bart. Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. Earl of Carnarvon. Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Earl Granville. Earl of Kimberley. Earl of Carnarvon. Right Hon. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, bart. Under Secretaries of State for the Colonies Department. 1880, April Mr. R. G. W. Herbert. (Permanent.) The Board of Control, now Styled THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA. President. Viscount Lewisham. Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. Right Hon. Robert Dundas. Lord Ellenborough. Right Hon. Sir John-Cam Hobhouse, bart. 1843, May 17, 1846, July 6, 1852, Feb. 5, Feb. 27, Dec. 28, 1855, Feb. 28, 1858, Feb. 26, May 31, 1858, Sept. 2, 1859, June 18, 1866, Feb. 16, July 6, 1867, 1868, Dec. 10, 1874, 1878, 1880, April 1880, August 1880, May 6, Earl of Ripon. Lord Broughton. [By Act of Parliament, Session 1858.] Right Hon. Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for India. Right Hon. Lord Cranborne. Right Hon. Sir Stafford-H. Northcote, bt. Marquis of Salisbury. Right Hon. Viscount Cranbrook. Marquis of Hartington. Under-Secretaries. Viscount Enfield. Sir Louis Mallet, C. B. (Permanent.) GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. THE COMMISSIONERS OF ROYAL PARKS, PALACES, WORKS, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Right Hon. Lord Seymour. Lord John Manners. Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, bart. Right Hon. Lord John-James-Robert Manners. Right Hon. Francis-William Cowper. THE COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS, FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES. 1850, Aug. 10, Hon, Charles-Alexander Gore. 1855, Mar. 16, Hon. James-Kenneth Howard.. |