Secretaries of State for the Northern Department, 1660-1782 Sir William Morice: 27 June 1660 - 29 September 1668 Sir John Trevor: 29 September 1668 - 8 July 1672 Henry Coventry 8 July 1672 - 11 September 1674 Sir Joseph Williamson: 11 September 1674 - 20 February 1679 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: 20 February 1679 - 26 April 1680 Sir Leoline Jenkins: 26 April 1680 - 2 February 1681 Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway: 2 February 1681 - 14 April 1684 Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin: 14 April - 24 August 1684 Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton: 24 August 1684 - 28 October 1688 Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston: 28 October - 2 December 1688 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: 5 March 1689 - 26 December 1690 Henry Sydney, 1st Viscount Sydney of Sheppey: 26 December 1690 - 3 March 1692 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: 3 March 1692 - 23 March 1693 Sir John Trenchard: 23 March 1693 - 2 March 1694 Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury: 2 March 1694 - 3 May 1695 Sir William Trumbull: 3 May 1695 - 2 December 1697 James Vernon: 2 December 1697 - 5 November 1700 Sir Charles Hedges: 5 November 1700 - 29 December 1701 James Vernon: 4 January - 1 May 1702 Sir Charles Hedges: 2 May 1702 - 18 May 1704 Robert Harley: 18 May 1704 - 13 February 1708 Henry Boyle: 13 February 1708 - 21 September 1710 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: 21 September 1710 - 17 August 1713 William Bromley: 17 August 1713 - 17 September 1714 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: 17 September 1714 - 12 December 1716 James Stanhope: 12 December 1716 - 12 April 1717 Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland: 12 April 1717 - 2 March 1718 James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope: 16 March 1718 - 4 February 1721 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: 10 February 1721 - 16 May 1730 William Stanhope, 1st Lord Harrington: 19 June 1730 - 12 February 1742 John Carteret, 2nd Lord Carteret: 12 February 1742 - 24 November 1744 William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: 24 November 1744 - 10 February 1746 John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville: 10 February - 14 February 1746 William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: 14 February - 28 October 1746 Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: 29 October 1746 - 6 February 1748 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle: 6 February 1748 - 23 March 1754 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse: 23 March 1754 - 25 March 1761 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute: 25 March 1761 - 27 May 1762 George Grenville: 27 May - 9 October 1762 George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax: 14 October 1762 - 9 September 1763 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: 9 September 1763 - 10 July 1765 Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton: 12 July 1765 - 14 May 1766 Henry Seymour Conway: 23 May 1766 - 20 January 1768 Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth 20 January - 21 October 1768 William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford: 21 October 1768 - 19 December 1770 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: 19 December 1770 - 12 January 1771 George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax: 19 January - 6 June 1771 Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk: 12 June 1771 - [[7 March 1779 Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth: 7 March - 27 October 1779 David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont: 27 October 1779 - 27 March 1782