Northern Department

This article is about the former government department of England and Great Britain. For the 18th-century agency responsible for native relations in North America, see British Indian Department § History. For the department of France, see Nord (French department). For the department of Haiti, see Nord (Haitian department).

Northern Department
Department overview
Formed1660
Dissolved1782
Superseding Department
JurisdictionKingdom of Great Britain
Minister responsible

The Northern Department was a department of the government of the Kingdom of England from 1660 to 1707 and later the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 until 1782 when its functions were reorganised into the new Home Office and Foreign Office.[1]

  1. ^ Sainty, J. C. "Lists of appointments British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Originally published by University of London, London, 1973. Retrieved 12 March 2017.