Talk:Colonial Office

War and Colonial Office?

I've never heard of a "War and Colonial Office." My understanding was that in the first half of the nineteenth century, the Secretary at War headed the War Office, and the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies headed the Colonial Office, notwithstanding the fact that "war" was in his position's title. john k (talk) 22:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Almost four years and no response! Hurray for Wikipedia! john k (talk) 23:14, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Would be great if you edited it yourself if you found an inaccuracy! Seems like you have some useful knowledge and some of these pages sure need some work. Behemothing (talk) 18:41, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Unexplained name

"After 1878, when the Emigration Commission was abolished, an Emigration Department was created in the Colonial Office. This was merged with the General Department in 1894, before its complete abolition in 1896."

But what actually is "the General Department" in this context? Harfarhs (talk) 12:18, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi Harfarhs. Without doing further digging that I don't have time for now, I don't know exactly what the General Department was - but it seems fairly clear from the context that it was a department within the Colonial Office, that probably did admin and everything else that specifically-named departments didn't do... I don't find it problematical myself, but if you have any suggestions about how to clarify further, please go ahead. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:01, 23 June 2021 (UTC)