. "Secretary at War" . "1717Z"^^ . "William Blathwayt (or Blathwayte) (1649 \u2013 1717) was a civil servant and politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the English (later British) colonies of North America."@en . . . . "English diplomat and politician" . . "Blathwayt, William"@en . .