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Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The secretary of state for Commonwealth relations was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for dealing with the United Kingdom's relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies). The minister's department was the Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO).

The position was created in 1947 out of the old positions of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and Secretary of State for India. In 1966, the position was merged with that of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to form that of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, which was in turn merged with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1968 to create the new position of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. The equivalent position today is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.

Secretaries of state for Commonwealth relations, 1947–1966

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyMinistry
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg75px]]Christopher Addison
1st Viscount Addison7 July
19477 October
1947
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Philip Noel-Baker 1942.jpg75px]]Philip Noel-Baker
MP for Derby7 October
194728 February
1950
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg75px]]Patrick Gordon Walker
MP for Smethwick28 February
195026 October
1951
Independent (politician)}}"[[Image:Ismay cropped.jpg75px]]General Hastings Ismay
1st Baron Ismay28 October
195112 March
1952
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg75px]]Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
5th Marquess of Salisbury12 March
195224 November
1952
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Lord Swinton.jpg75px]]Philip Cunliffe-Lister
1st Viscount Swinton24 November
19527 April
1955
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg75px]]Alec Douglas-Home
14th Earl of Home7 April
195527 July
1960
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Macmillan
(I & II)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Duncan Sandys 1975.png75px]]Duncan Sandys
MP for Streatham27 July
196016 October
1964
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Douglas-Home
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[Image:Arthur_Bottomley_MP.jpg75px]]Arthur Bottomley
MP for Middlesbrough East18 October
19641 August
1966

Shadow secretaries of state for commonwealth relations

NameEntered officeLeft officePolitical partyShadow CabinetLabour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour Party (UK)}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"Patrick Gordon Walker[[File:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg75px]]15 July 195515 February 1956LabourAttlee
Gaitskell
Labour Party (UK)}}"Arthur Creech Jones[[File:No image.svg75px]]15 February 195624 January 1958Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"Arthur Bottomley[[File:Arthur Bottomley MP.jpg75px]]24 January 1958November 1959Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"Hilary Marquand[[File:Hilary Marquand.png75px]]November 1959November 1961Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"John Strachey[[File:John Strachey.jpg75px]]November 196115 July 1963Labour
Brown
Wilson
Labour Party (UK)}}"Unknown[[File:No image.svg75px]]15 July 196316 October 1964Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Duncan Sandys[[File:Duncan Sandys 1975.png75px]]16 October 19645 August 1965ConservativeDouglas-Home
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Selwyn Lloyd[[File:SelwynLloyd1960.jpg75px]]5 August 196519 April 1966ConservativeHeath
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Reginald Maudling[[File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg75px]]19 April 19661 August 1966Conservative

References

References

  1. (24 January 1958). "Shadow Cabinet Changes". The Glasgow Herald.
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