Southern Department (Great Britain)

Southern Department
Department overview
Formed	1660
Dissolved	1782
Superseding Department	Home Office; Foreign Office;
Jurisdiction	Kingdom of England,; Kingdom of Great Britain
Minister responsible	Secretary of State for the Southern Department;

The Southern Department was a department of the government of the Kingdom of England and later the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1660 until 1782 when its functions (and the functions of the Northern Department) were reorganised into the new Home Office and Foreign Office.^[1] The department was tasked with home affairs, foreign affairs in parts of Southern Europe, and with governing the English and later British colonies, among other matters.

^ 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.

[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.

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