a. The department of the British government, presided over by the Secretary of State for War, which is charged with the entire administration of the Army; the building in which the business of this department is carried on. b. U.S. The War Department.
1721. Constat, in L. T. R. Particulars of Leases, 4084 (P.R.O.). A passage leading from Whitehall Court to the Warr Office and from thence to Scotland Yard.
1747. Court & City Reg., 145. War-office. Secretary at War, Right Hon. Henry Fox, Esq [Then follow names of subordinate officials].
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., l. It should cost Sir George but the asking a pair of colours for one of them at the War-office, since we have always supported government.
1824. in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874), 76. An entry in the books of the war office.
1865. Angus, Handbk. Eng. Lit., 613. The father of M. G. Lewis was deputy-secretary of the war-office.
1870. Act 33 & 34 Vict., c. 17 § 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as ‘The War Office Act, 1870.’
1899. Daily News, 21 Dec., 7/1. Lord Roberts spent an hour-and-a-half at the War Office, and then returned to Dover-street with a small War Office staff.
