Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a British Cabinet minister 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.which in turn was made in to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.

Secretaries of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1947–1966

Portrait Name Term of office Political party Ministry
Christopher Addison
The Viscount Addison
7 July
1947
7 October
1947
Labour Attlee
(I & II)
Philip Noel-Baker
MP for Derby
7 October
1947
28 February
1950
Labour
Patrick Gordon Walker
MP for Smethwick
28 February
1950
26 October
1951
Labour
General Hastings Ismay
The Lord Ismay
28 October
1951
12 March
1952
Churchill III
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
The Marquess of Salisbury
12 March
1952
24 November
1952
Conservative
Philip Cunliffe-Lister
The Viscount Swinton
24 November
1952
7 April
1955
Conservative
Alec Douglas-Home
The Earl of Home
7 April
1955
27 July
1960
Conservative Eden
Macmillan
(I & II)
Duncan Sandys
MP for Streatham
27 July
1960
16 October
1964
Conservative
Douglas-Home
Arthur Bottomley
MP for Middlesbrough East
18 October
1964
1 August
1966
Labour Wilson
(I & II)

References


History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs
and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth
Northern Department
1660–1782
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Foreign Office
1782–1968
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Ministers
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1968–2020
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 2020
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Ministers
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Southern Department
1660–1768
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Colonial Office
1768–1782
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Home Office
1782–1794
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War Office
1794–1801
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War and Colonial Office
1801–1854
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Colonial Office
1854–1925
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Colonial Office
1925–1966
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Commonwealth Office
1966–1968
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Ministers
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Southern Department
1768–1782
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Dominions Office
1925–1947
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Undersecretaries
Commonwealth Relations Office
1947–1966
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Ministers
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. India Office
1858–1937
Secretaries
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India Office
and
Burma Office
1937–1947
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