Secretary of State for the Northern Department

Great Britain Office of the Secretary of State for the Northern Department
Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Great Britain Government
Longest serving William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington 19 June 1730 – 12 February 1742
The Northern Department
Style	The Right Honourable (formal prefix)
Member of	British Cabinet
Seat	Westminster, London
Appointer	The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1660–1782
First holder	Sir William Morice
Final holder	David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont

The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Great Britain up to 1782. Then the Northern Department became the Foreign Office and the position evolved into the Foreign Secretary.^[1][2]