Financial Secretary to the War Office

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Peter Kirk

The Financial Secretary to the War Office and for certain periods known as the Finance Member of the Army Council, was a junior

Department of Admiralty and Air Ministry into the Ministry of Defence where it became known as the Army Department in April 1964.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Office Holders

Date Name
1870–1871 John Vivian
1871–1874[7] Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1874–1877 Hon. Frederick Stanley
1877–1880[8] Robert Loyd-Lindsay
1880–1882[9] Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1882–1885[10] Sir Arthur Hayter, Bt
1885–1886[11] Henry Northcote
1886–1886[12] Herbert Gladstone
1886–1892[13] Hon. St John Brodrick
1892–1895[14]
William Woodall
1895–1900[15] Joseph Powell Williams
1900–1903[16] Lord Stanley
1903–1905[17] William Bromley-Davenport
1905–1908[18] Thomas Buchanan
1908–1910
Francis Dyke Acland
1910–1911[19] Charles Mallet
1911–1912[20] Harold Tennant
1912–1915[21]
Harold Baker
1915–1915[22]
Francis Dyke Acland
1915–1919[23] Henry Forster
1919–1921[24] Sir Archibald Williamson, Bt
1921–1922[25]
Hon. George Frederick Stanley
1922–1923[26] Francis Jackson
1923–1924[27] Rupert Gwynne
Jan–Nov, 1924 Jack Lawson
Nov, 1924–1928 Douglas King
1928–1929[28] Duff Cooper
1929–1930
Manny Shinwell
1930–1931[29] Captain,
William Sanders
1931–1934[30] Duff Cooper
1934–1935 Douglas Hacking
1935–1940 Sir Victor Warrender, Bt
1940–1940 Sir Edward Grigg
1940–1941[31] Richard Law
1941–1943[32] Duncan Sandys
1943–1945[33] Arthur Henderson
May–Aug, 1945 Maurice Petherick
Aug 1945–1946 Frederick Bellenger
1946–1947 John Freeman
1947–1951 Michael Stewart
1951–1951[34] Woodrow Wyatt
1951–1954
James Hutchison
1954–1957[35] Fitzroy Maclean
1957–1958
Julian Amery
1958–1960[36] Hon. Hugh Fraser
1960–1963 James Ramsden
1963–Apr. 1964
Peter Kirk

References

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  2. ^ Roper. pp. 189–193.
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  4. ^ Roper. pp. 189–193.
  5. ^ Roper. pp. 189–193.
  6. ^ Roper. pp. 189–193.
  7. ^ "Financial Secretary to the War Office (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Hansard. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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