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Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
UK government cabinet minister; 1925–1947
UK government cabinet minister; 1925–1947
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs |
| insignia | Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government, 1901-1952).svg |
| insigniacaption | Royal Arms as used by His Majesty's Government |
| style | The Right Honourable |
| appointer | The Monarch |
| appointer_qualified | (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| termlength | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| inaugural | Leo Amery |
| formation | 11 June 1925 |
| last | The Viscount Addison |
| abolished | 7 July 1947 |
| deputy | Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs |
The position of secretary of state for dominion affairs was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for British relations with the Empire’s dominions – Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State – and the self-governing Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia.
When initially created in 1925, the office was held in tandem with that of secretary of state for the colonies; this arrangement persisted until June 1930. On two subsequent occasions the offices were briefly held by the same person.
The secretary of state was supported by an under-secretary of state for dominion affairs. In 1947, the name of the office was changed to the secretary of state for commonwealth relations.
Secretaries of state for dominion affairs, 1925–1947
| Portrait | Name | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honorifics & constituency | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Foreign Secretary | |||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Leo Amery | ||||||
| MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook | |||||||
| (also Sec.State for the Colonies) | 11 June | ||||||
| 1925 | 4 June | ||||||
| 1929 | Conservative | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Sidney Webb 01.jpg | 60px]] | Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield | ||||
| (also Sec.State for the Colonies) | 7 June | ||||||
| 1929 | 5 June | ||||||
| 1930 | Labour | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:James Henry Thomas circa 1920.jpg | 60px]] | James Henry Thomas | ||||
| MP for Derby | |||||||
| (also Sec.State for the Colonies, Aug–Nov 1931) | 5 June | ||||||
| 1930 | 22 November | ||||||
| 1935 | Labour | ||||||
| National Labour Organisation}}" | National Labour | National Labour Organisation}}" | Reading | ||||
| National Labour Organisation}}" | [[Image:Malcolmmacdonald.jpg | 60px]] | Malcolm MacDonald | ||||
| MP for Ross and Cromarty | 22 November | ||||||
| 1935 | 16 May | ||||||
| 1938 | National Labour | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Chamberlain | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:No image.svg | 60px]] | Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley | ||||
| MP for Fylde | 16 May | ||||||
| 1938 | 16 October | ||||||
| 1938† | Conservative | ||||||
| National Labour Organisation}}" | [[Image:Malcolmmacdonald.jpg | 60px]] | Malcolm MacDonald | ||||
| MP for Ross and Cromarty | |||||||
| (also Sec.State for the Colonies) | 31 October | ||||||
| 1938 | 29 January | ||||||
| 1939 | National Labour | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Thomas Inskip.jpg | 60px]] | Sir Thomas Inskip | ||||
| MP for Fareham | 29 January | ||||||
| 1939 | 3 September | ||||||
| 1939 | Conservative | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Anthony Eden (retouched).jpg | 60px]] | Anthony Eden | ||||
| MP for Warwick and Leamington | 3 September | ||||||
| 1939 | 14 May | ||||||
| 1940 | Conservative | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Thomas Inskip.jpg | 60px]] | Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote | 14 May | |||
| 1940 | 3 October | ||||||
| 1940 | Conservative | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg | 60px]] | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | ||||
| MP for South Dorset until 1941 | |||||||
| Baron Cecil of Essendon after 1941 | 3 October | ||||||
| 1940 | 19 February | ||||||
| 1942 | Conservative | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Clement Attlee.jpg | 60px]] | Clement Attlee | ||||
| MP for Limehouse | 19 February | ||||||
| 1942 | 24 September | ||||||
| 1943 | Labour | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg | 60px]] | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | ||||
| Baron Cecil of Essendon | 24 September | ||||||
| 1943 | 26 July | ||||||
| 1945 | Conservative | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Dr. Christopher Addison LOC 16027831872 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison | 3 August | |||
| 1945 | 7 July | ||||||
| 1947 | Labour |
Viscount Addison took up the new post of secretary of state for commonwealth relations on 7 July 1947.
Notes
References
- Also [[Secretary of State for War]].
- Also [[Leader of the House of Lords]].
- Also [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Deputy Prime Minister]]
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