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Financial Secretary to the War Office

FieldValue
postUnited Kingdom
Office of the Financial Secretary to the War Office
flagsize150px
insigniaRoyal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
insigniasize150px
insigniacaptionSeal of H.M. Government
appointerThe British Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
styleThe Right Honourable
(Formal prefix)
Financial Secretary to the War Office
departmentWar Office
seatWestminster, London
termlengthNo fixed term
formation1870-1964
firstJohn Vivian
lastPeter Kirk

Office of the Financial Secretary to the War Office on advice of the Prime Minister (Formal prefix) Financial Secretary to the War Office The Financial Secretary to the War Office and for certain periods known as the Finance Member of the Army Council, was a junior ministerial office of the British government established in 1870. In May 1947 the office was unified with that of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for War under a new title Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Financial Secretary of the War Office. The office continued until the War Office as a distinct service ministry was unified along with the Department of Admiralty and Air Ministry into the Ministry of Defence where it became known as the Army Department in April 1964.

History

In 1870 a Financial Secretary to the War Office was appointed and was responsible to the Secretary of State for War, for estimates and for the appropriation, accounting and audit of funds voted for military purposes. The Audit and Accounts departments previously under a chief auditor of army accounts (office was abolished) were merged into a new Finance Department under the Accountant General now reporting to the Financial Secretary. Following organisational changes within the War Office between 1887 and 1888 he was given additional responsibilities. By the end of 1888 his department was renamed the Civil Department. At the same time the Finance Department was enlarged and renamed the Finance Division, which continued under the superintendence of the Accountant General.

In 1895 Accountant General changed his title to Assistant Financial Secretary and Accountant General of the Army. In 1902 the Finance Division was renamed the Finance Branch. In 1904 the Financial Secretary was restyled as the Finance Member (FM) of the Army Council with general responsibility for the finance of the Army. In 1907 his civil department was renamed the Department of the Finance Member until 1922 when both his title and department were altered to the Department of the Financial Secretary until 1939. His office and department reverted to its previous name the Department of the Finance Member in 1942. During this period the executive duties of his office were gradually transferred to the Permanent Secretary's department. In May 1947 the Army Council was reconstituted and unified his office with that of the Parliamentary Secretary into a single appointment as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Financial Secretary to the War Office until 1964.

Prior to 1947 the office holder's department consisted of numerous departments and directorates, after 1947 he was solely concerned with general political aspects of financial policy and had no further roles were assigned to him.

Office Holders

DateName
1870–1871John Vivian
1871–1874Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1874–1877Hon. Frederick Stanley
1877–1880Robert Loyd-Lindsay
1880–1882Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1882–1885Sir Arthur Hayter, Bt
1885–1886Henry Northcote
1886–1886Herbert Gladstone
1886–1892Hon. St John Brodrick
1892–1895William Woodall
1895–1900Joseph Powell Williams
1900–1903Lord Stanley
1903–1905William Bromley-Davenport
1905–1908Thomas Buchanan
1908–1910Francis Dyke Acland
1910–1911Charles Mallet
1911–1912Harold Tennant
1912–1915Harold Baker
1915–1915Francis Dyke Acland
1915–1919Henry Forster
1919–1921Sir Archibald Williamson, Bt
1921–1922Hon. George Frederick Stanley
1922–1923Francis Jackson
1923–1924Rupert Gwynne
Jan–Nov, 1924Jack Lawson
Nov, 1924–1928Douglas King
1928–1929Duff Cooper
1929–1930Manny Shinwell
1930–1931Captain, William Sanders
1931–1934Duff Cooper
1934–1935Douglas Hacking
1935–1940Sir Victor Warrender, Bt
1940–1940Sir Edward Grigg
1940–1941Richard Law
1941–1943Duncan Sandys
1943–1945Arthur Henderson
May–Aug, 1945Maurice Petherick
Aug 1945–1946Frederick Bellenger
1946–1947John Freeman
1947–1951Michael Stewart
1951–1951Woodrow Wyatt
1951–1954James Hutchison
1954–1957Fitzroy Maclean
1957–1958Julian Amery
1958–1960Hon. Hugh Fraser
1960–1963James Ramsden
1963–Apr. 1964Peter Kirk

References

Sources

  • "Financial Secretary to the War Office (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Hansard. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  • Joiner, J. H. (1990). One more river to cross : the story of British military bridging. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. .
  • Roper, Michael (1998). The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964. London: Public Record Office. .

References

  1. (1998). "The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964". Public Record Office.
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