Financial Secretary to the War Office
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Financial Secretary to the War Office was an office of the British government, the financial
secretary
of the War Office
department.
The post was combined with that of Under-Secretary of State for War
from 17 April 1947.
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Secretary
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of the War Office
War Office
The War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...
department.
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| 4 October 1946 | John Freeman |
The post was combined with that of Under-Secretary of State for War
Under-Secretary of State for War
The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean . In 1801 the offices for War and the Colonies were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies...
from 17 April 1947.