Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
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The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State.
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[edit] Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1768-1782[1]
- 1768 – 1768: R. Phelps
- 1768 – 1776: John Pownall
- 1770 – 1782: W. Knox
- 1776 – 1778: C. D'Oyly
- 1778 – 1780: T. De Grey
- 1780 – 1781: Benjamin Thompson
- 1781 – 1782: J. Fisher
In 1782, following the loss of the American colonies, the office was abolished, and its duties given to the Home Secretary. From there it passed to the War Office, which was later renamed the War and Colonial Office. In 1854 this office was split, and the Colonial Office reestablished.
[edit] Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1854-1966
For earlier office-holders see Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
- 1854: Frederick Peel
- 1855: John Ball
- 1857: Chichester Samuel Fortescue
- 1858: The Earl of Carnarvon
- 1859: Chichester Samuel Fortescue
- 1865: William Edward Forster
- 1866: Charles Adderley
- 1868: William Monsell
- 1871: Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
- 1874: James Lowther
- 1878: The Earl Cadogan
- 1880: Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
- 1881: Leonard Courtney
- 1882: Evelyn Ashley
- 1885: The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
- 1886: George Osborne Morgan
- 1886: The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
- 1887: The Earl of Onslow
- 1888: Baron Henry de Worms
- 1892: Sydney Buxton
- 1895: The Earl of Selborne
- 1900: The Earl of Onslow
- 1903: The Duke of Marlborough
- 1905: Winston Churchill
- 1908: J. E. B. Seely
- 1911: The Lord Lucas of Crudwell
- 1911: The Lord Emmott
- 1914: The Lord Islington
- 1915: Arthur Steel-Maitland
- 1917: William Hewins
- 1919: Leo Amery
- 1921: Edward Wood
- 1922: William Ormsby-Gore
- 1924: The Lord Arnold
- 1924: William Ormsby-Gore
- 1929: William Lunn
- 1929: Drummond Shiels
- 1931: Robert William Hamilton
- 1932: The Earl of Plymouth
- 1936: The Earl De La Warr
- 1937: The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
- 1940: George Hall
- 1942: Harold Macmillan
- 1943: The Duke of Devonshire
- 1945: Arthur Creech Jones
- 1946: Ivor Thomas
- 1947: David Rees-Williams
- 1950: Thomas Fotheringham-Cook
- 1951: The Earl of Munster
- 1951: The Lord Lloyd
- 1957: John Profumo
- 1958: Julian Amery
- 1960: Hugh Fraser
- 1962: Nigel Fisher (to 1964)
- 1963: Richard Hornby (to 1964)
- 1964: Eirene White (to 1965)
- 1964: The Lord Taylor (to 1966)
- 1965: The Lord Beswick (to 1966)
Abolished 1966. Thereafter, see Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
[edit] Minister of State for the Colonies (1948-1964)
- 1948: Earl of Listowel
- 1950: John Dugdale
- 1951: Alan Lennox-Boyd
- 1952: Henry Hopkinson
- 1955: John Hare
- 1956: John Maclay
- 1957: Earl of Perth
- 1962: Marquess of Lansdowne (to 1964)
Abolished 1964. Thereafter, see Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
[edit] Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1825 and 1854-1966
- 1825: Robert William Hay
- 1854: Herman Merivale
- 1859: Sir Frederick Rogers, later Lord Blachford
- 1871: (Sir) Robert George Wyndahm Herbert
- 1892: Sir Robert Henry Meade
- 1897: (Sir) Edward Wingfield
- 1900: (Sir) Montagu Ommanney
- 1907: Sir Francis Hopwood
- 1911: Sir John Anderson
- 1916: Sir George Fiddes
- 1921: Sir James Masterton-Smith
- 1925: Sir S. Wilson
- 1933: Sir John Maffey
- 1937: Sir Cosmo Parkinson
- 1940: Sir George Henry Gater
- 1940: Sir Cosmo Parkinson
- 1942: Sir George Henry Gater
- 1947: Sir Thomas Ingram Lloyd
- 1956: Sir John Macpherson
- 1959: Sir Hilton Poynton
| History of UK Government Departments with Responsibility for Foreign Affairs | ||||||||
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| Colonial Office 1768 – 1782 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
Home Office 1782 – 1794 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
War Office 1794 – 1801 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
War and Colonial Office 1801 – 1854 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
Colonial Office 1854 – 1925 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
Colonial Office 1925 – 1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries |
Commonwealth Office 1966 – 1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968 – Present Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries |
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| Dominions Office 1925 – 1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
Commonwealth Relations Office 1947 – 1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries |
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| . | India Office 1858 – 1937 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
India and Burma Office 1937 – 1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries |
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| Foreign Office 1782 – 1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries |
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[edit] References
- ^ Lists of appointments. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
