Talk:Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

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End to two posts[edit]

The article on Henry Edward Bunbury indicates that he left office in 1816. This article suggests that there continued to be two posts until 1830. Unfortunately, no source is cited. Can some one clarify the position? I ran inot this probelm when trying to improve the succession box for Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey. It looks as if junior governmental posts such as this have not been added to many succession boxes. Peterkingiron (talk) 10:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Problem now resolved. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:55, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edward Cooke[edit]

The ODNB article implies that his second period as under-secretary was for Foreign Affairs, not War and Colonies. In his article I have followed the list articles, but ma not sure they are right. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:23, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be confirmed by other evidence. Our list has Hon. William Eliot, later 2nd Earl of St Germans, apptd. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 1804, which is corroborated by Doyle's "Official Baronage". Haydn's "Book of Dignities" also agrees that Cooke was Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies from 1804 to 1806 and 1807 to 1809, and only moved to Foreign Affairs in 1812. These dates (from 1806 on) coincide with his patron Castlereagh's tenure in the corresponding Secretaryships of State and are presumably accurate. Choess (talk) 13:03, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]