Financial Secretary to the War Office

United Kingdom
Office of the Financial Secretary to the War Office
Seal of H.M. Government
War Office
StyleThe Right Honourable
(Formal prefix)
Financial Secretary to the War Office
SeatWestminster, London
AppointerThe British Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1870-1964
First holderJohn Vivian
Final holderPeter Kirk

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Roper, Michael (1998). The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964. London: Public Record Office. p. 102. ISBN 9781873162453.
  2. ^ Roper. pp. 189–193.
  3. ^ Joiner, J. H. (1990). One more river to cross : the story of British military bridging. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. p. 397. ISBN 9780850527889.