The substitution of two secretaries for one was the consequence of the increase of, business There was no distinction of departments, each Secretary taking whatever work the king saw fit to entrust him with During the reigns of the first two Stuarts, however, there was a tendency to entrust one secretary with the correspondence with Protestant states and their allies, and the other with the correspondence with Catholic states. Probably in the reign of Charles II., and certainly as early as 1691, two departments, the Northern and the Southern, were instituted. In 1782 the departments were changed to Home and Foreign. A third secretary of state was appointed in 1794, and he was called the Secretary for War and the Colonies from 1801 to 1854, when the work was divided, and the War and Colonial Secretaryships were instituted. The Secretary of State for India was appointed in 1858 ]-1603.

Sir R. Cecil, cr. Lord Cecil 1717. Earl of Sunderland. J. Addison. 1603, Viscount Cranborne 1718 Earl Stanhope. J. Craggs 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1721 Viscount Townshend. Lord Carteret. 4 1605 1724 ...... Duke of Newcastle.

1612 Vacant. 1730. Lord Harrington.

1614. Sir R. Winwood. 1742 Lord Carteret, became 1615 ..... Sir T. Lake. Earl Granville 1744. 1618. Sir R. Naunton. 1744. Earl of Harrington. 1619 ..... Sir G. Calvert. 1746 Earl Granville. 1623 Sir E. Conway, cr. Lord 1746 Earl of Harrington. Conway 1625. 1746 Earl of Chesterfield.

1625 ...... Sir A. Morton. 1748. Duke of Bedford. 1 1625. ..... Sir J. Coke. 1751. Earl of Holderness. 1628. Viscount Dorchester. 1754. . Sir T. Robinson, cr. Baron 1632. Sir F. Windebank Grantham 1761

1640 .... L Sir H. Vane. 1755 .... H. Fox. 1641. Sir E. Nicholas. 1756 .... W. Pitt.

1642 ..... Viscount Falkland. 1761. Earl of Bute. 1643 ..... Lord Digby. 1761 .... Earl of Egremont. 1643. Interregnunm 1762. G. Grenville.

1660. Sir E. Nicholas. Sir W. Morrice. 1763. Earl of Halifax. Earl of Sandwich. 1662. Sir H. Bennet, cr. Earl 1765. Duke of Grafton. H. S. Conway. of Arlington 1665. 1766. Duke of Richmond. 1668 ..... SirJ Trevor. 1766. Earl of Shelburne. 1672. ~ .... Henry Coventry 1768 .... ' Viscount Weymouth. 1674. SirJ Williamson. 1768. Earl of Hillsborough, Colo-1678. Earl of Sunderland. nies.

1680 ...... Sir L. Jenkins. 1768. Earl of Rochford. 1681. Lord Conway. 1770 ....... Earl of Sandwich. 1683. Earl of Sunderland. 1771 ....... Earl of Halifax. 1684 . .... S. Godolphin. 177I . . ... Earl of Suffolk. 1684 .. .. Earl of Middleton. 1772. Earl of Dartmouth, Colonies. 1688 ..... Viscount Preston. 1775 Viscount Weymouth, cr. 1 1689. Earl of Shrewsbury. Earl of Nottingham Marquess of Bath 1789. 1690. Viscount Sidney. 1776. Lord G. S. Germaine, Coto-1692. Sir] Trenchai-d. nies.

1694 .. .. Earl of Shrewsbury. 1779 ....... Viscount Stormont. 1695. Sir W. Trumbull. 1779. Earl of Hillsborough, cr. 1697. J. Vernon. Marquess of Downshire 1789 1700. Sir C. Hedges. Earl of Jersey. 1782. W. Ellis, cr. Baron Mendip, 1701 .... Earl of Manchester. 1794, Colonies, 1702 ..... Earl of Nottingham.

1704 ...... R. Harley, cr. Earlof Oxford 1711 Home D¢Pf"'fme"t- FWWKW Dekartmenl. 1706. Earl of Sunderland. 1782. Earl of Shelburne. C. J. Fox. [1783 1703 —~~- H- Boyle. Cf- BHYOH Carleton 1782. Lord Grantham. T. Townshend, cr. Baron' Sydney IQ14. V 1783. Lord North. C. J. Fox.

1710. Lord Dartmouth, cr. Earl H. t. J0hn, cr. Viscount Boling~ 1783. Marquess of Carmarthen. Earl Temple. of Dartmouth 1711. broke 1712. 1783 .... .. Lord Sydney. 1713. W. Bromley. 1789. W. W. Grenville, cr. Baron 1714. J. Stanhope, cr. Earl Stan- Viscount Townshend. Grenville 1790. hope 1718 1791. H. Dundas. Lord Grenville. Home Department. Foreign Department. War and C0tonial'Departrnent. 1794. Duke of Portland . .. Lord Grenville H.Dundas, cr. Visct Melville1802 1801. Lord Pelham, aft. Earl of Chichester Lord Hawkesbury ' Lord Hobart, aft. Earl of 1803 P Ygfke Bl1Ci{l11gl'1afI1Si'1iI'€.

1804. Lord Hawkesbury Lord Harrowby . Earl Camden. 1805. . . .... L ord Mulgrave Viscount Castiereagh. 1806 Earl S encer . .. C. J. Fox Windham. 1807. Lord gawkesbury, aft. Earl of Liverpool G. Canning Viscount Castlereagh. 1809. R. Ryder Earl Bathurst

1809. . .. Marquess Wellesley . .

1812. Viscount Sidmouth (H. Addington) Viscount Castlereagh, aft. Marquess of Earl Bathurst. 1822. R. Peel .. . G. Canning [Londonderry 1827. W. S. Bourne ' Earl of Dudley . . Viscount G0derich 1827. Marquess of Lansdowne . . Husk1ss0n 71828 R, Peel, Earl of Aberdeen Sir G. Murray. [Ripon 1830. Viscount Melbourne . ... Viscount Palmerston Viscount Goderich, aft. Earl of 1333

E. G. S. Stanley, aft Lord Stanley

and Earl of Derby.-1834

Viscount Duncannon, aft Earl of Bessborough . T. Spring-Rice, aft. Lord Mont-1834 H. Goulburn .. Duke of Wellington Earl of Aberdeen. [eagle 1835 Lord J. Russell . . ' Viscount Palmerston Lord Glenelg 1839, ., . Marquess of Normanby.

1839 Marquess of Normanby . Lord J. Russell. » 1841 Sir J. Graham, Bart. Earl of Aberdeen Lord Stanley. 1845 .. W. E. Gladstone.

1846. Sir G. Grey Viscount Palmerston Earl Grey. [Hampton 1852 Spencer H. Walpole Earl of Malmesbury Sir J. S. Pakington, aft. Lord 1852:

Viscount Palmerston

Lord J. Russell

Duke of Newcastle.