640 APPENDIX D 1745/6. Feb. 14. William (Stanhope), Earl of Harrington 1746. Oct. 29. Philip (Stanhope), Earl of Chesterfield 1747/8. Feb. 13. Thomas (Pelham-Holles), Duke of Newcastle (from the Southern department) 1754. Mar. 23. Robert (Darcy), Earl of Holdernesse (from the Southern department) 1761. Mar. 25. John (Stuart), Earl of Bute 1762. May 28. George Grenville 1762. Oct. 14. George (Montagu-Dunk), Earl of Halifax, trans. to the Southern department Sep. 1763 1763. Sep. 9. John (Montagu), Earl of Sandwich 1765. July 10. Augustus (Fitz Roy), Duke of Grafton 1766. May 23. Henry Seymour-Conway (from the Southern department) 1768. Jan. 20. Thomas (Thynne), Viscount "Weymouth, afterwards Marquess of Bath, trans, to the Southern depart- ment Oct. 1768 1768. Oct. 21. William (Nassau), Earl of Rochford, trans, to the Southern department Dec. 1770 1770. Dec. 19. John (Montagu), Earl of Sandwich 1771. Jan. 22. George (Montagu-Dunk), Earl of Halifax, till his death 8 June 1771 1 77 1. June 12. Henry (Howard), Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, till his death 7 Mar. 1779 1779. Mar.-Oct. Thomas (Thynne), Viscount Weymouth [Secre- tary for the Southern department, was in charge of the Northern also pro tem.' 1779. Oct. 27. David (Murray), Viscount Stormont, afterwards Earl of Mansfield, till Mar. 1782 Secretaries of State for Scotland 1708/9. Feb. 3. James (Douglas), Duke of Queensberry, till his death 6 July 171 1 (^) John (Erskine), Earl of Mar James (Graham), Duke of Montrose John (Ker), Duke of Roxburghe, till Aug. 1725 John (Hay), Marquess of Tweeddale, till Jan. 1 745/6 C) (^) Though mainly concerned with Scottish business, Queensberry appears not to have confined his attention as Secretary of State to that country. C>) Haydn's Book of Dignities inserts between Roxburghe and Tweeddale " 173 1 Charles, Earl of Selkirk." There is no contemporary authority for this statement, which is erroneous. 1713- Sep. 30' I7I4. Sep. 24, I7I6. Dec. 13' I74I/2. Feb. 16.
