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The '''Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations''' was a British Cabinet office existing between 1947 and 1966, responsible for dealing with British relationship with members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] (its former colonies). The position was created out of the old position of [[Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs]]. 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]].
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The '''secretary of state for Commonwealth relations''' was a [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|secretary of state]] in the [[Government of the United Kingdom]], responsible for dealing with the [[United Kingdom|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|secretary of state for dominion affairs]] and [[Secretary of State for India|secretary of state for India]]. In 1966, the position was merged with that of the [[Secretary of State for the Colonies|secretary of state for the colonies]] to form that of [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs|secretary of state for Commonwealth affairs]], which was in turn merged with the [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|secretary of state for foreign affairs]] in 1968 to create the new position of [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs]]. The equivalent position today is the [[Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs|secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs]].
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==Secretaries of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1947–1966==

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{| class="wikitable"
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==Secretaries of state for Commonwealth relations, 1947–1966==
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! colspan=2|Name
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center;"
! Portrait
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2| Portrait
! Name
⚫
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Political party
! Political party
! colspan=2|[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|P.M.]]
! colspan=2 | Ministry
! [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|F.Sec.]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Christopher Addison|<small>Christopher Addison,</small><br>1st Viscount Addison]]
| [[Image:Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg|75px]]
| [[Image:Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg|60px]]
| [[Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison|Christopher Addison<br>'''The Viscount Addison''']]
| 7 July 1947
| <small>7 July</small><br>1947
| 7 October 1947
| <small>7 October</small><br>1947
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4|[[Clement Attlee|Attlee]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Attlee ministry|Attlee<br><small>(I & II)</small>]]
| rowspan=3|[[Ernest Bevin|Bevin]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker|Philip Noel-Baker]]
| [[Image:Philip Noel-Baker 1942.jpg|75px]]
| [[Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker|'''Philip Noel-Baker''']]<br><small>MP for [[Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby]]</small>
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| [[Image:Philip Noel-Baker 1942.jpg|60px]]
| 7 October 1947
| <small>7 October</small><br>1947
| 28 February 1950
| <small>28 February</small><br>1950
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Patrick Gordon Walker]]
| [[Image:Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Patrick Gordon Walker]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)|Smethwick]]</small>
| rowspan=2|[[Image:No image.svg|60px]]
| rowspan=2|28 February 1950
| <small>28 February</small><br>1950
| rowspan=2|26 October 1951
| <small>26 October</small><br>1951
| rowspan=2|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|-
⚫
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| [[Herbert Morrison|Morrison]]
⚫
| [[Image:Ismay cropped.jpg|75px]]
⚫
| [[Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay|General Hastings Ismay<br>'''The Lord Ismay''']]
⚫
| <small>28 October</small><br>1951
⚫
| <small>12 March</small><br>1952
| –
⚫
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
⚫
| rowspan=3 | [[Third Churchill ministry|Churchill III]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
⚫
| [[Image:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg|75px]]
⚫
| [[Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay|<small>Hastings Ismay,</small><br>1st Lord Ismay]]
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| [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil<br>'''The Marquess of Salisbury''']]
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| [[Image:Ismay cropped.jpg|60px]]
⚫
| <small>12 March</small><br>1952
⚫
| 28 October 1951
⚫
| <small>24 November</small><br>1952
⚫
| 12 March 1952
| ''none''
⚫
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
⚫
| rowspan=3|[[Winston Churchill|Churchill]]
| rowspan=3|[[Anthony Eden|Eden]]
⚫
|-
⚫
! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
⚫
| [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury|<small>Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,</small><br>5th Marquess of Salisbury]]
⚫
| [[Image:Lord Cranborne.jpg|60px]]
⚫
| 12 March 1952
⚫
| 24 November 1952
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton|<small>Philip Cunliffe-Lister,</small><br>1st Viscount Swinton]]
| [[Image:Lord Swinton.jpg|75px]]
| [[Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton|Philip Cunliffe-Lister<br>'''The Viscount Swinton''']]
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| <small>24 November</small><br>1952
| [[Image:No image.svg|60px]]<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Swinton1929.png|60px]] -->
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| <small>7 April</small><br>1955
⚫
| 24 November 1952
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| 7 April 1955
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Alec Douglas-Home|<small>Alec Douglas-Home,</small><br>14th Earl of Home]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Image:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Alec Douglas-Home|Alec Douglas-Home<br>'''The Earl of Home''']]
| rowspan=2|7 April 1955
| rowspan=2 | <small>7 April</small><br>1955
| rowspan=2|27 July 1960
| rowspan=2 | <small>27 July</small><br>1960
| rowspan=2|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Anthony Eden|Eden]]
| [[Eden ministry|Eden]]
| rowspan=2|[[Harold Macmillan|Macmillan]]
----
[[Selwyn Lloyd|Lloyd]]
|-
|-
! height=15 style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Macmillan<br><small>(I & II)</small>]]
| rowspan=2|[[Harold Macmillan|Macmillan]]
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Duncan Sandys]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Duncan Sandys 1975.png|75px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Image:Sandys 1944 cropped.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Duncan Sandys]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)|Streatham]]</small>
| rowspan=2|27 July 1960
| rowspan=2 | <small>27 July</small><br>1960
| rowspan=2|16 October 1964
| rowspan=2 | <small>16 October</small><br>1964
| rowspan=2|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Alec Douglas-Home|D-Home]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Alec Douglas-Home|D-Home]]
| [[Conservative government, 1957–1964|Douglas-Home]]
| [[Rab Butler|Butler]]
|-
|-
! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
⚫
| [[Image:Arthur_Bottomley_MP.jpg|75px]]
| [[Arthur Bottomley]]
| '''[[Arthur Bottomley]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesbrough East]]</small>
| [[Image:No image.svg|60px]]
| 18 October 1964
| <small>18 October</small><br>1964
| 1 August 1966
| <small>1 August</small><br>1966
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Wilson|Wilson]]
| [[Labour government, 1964–1970|Wilson<br>{{small|(I & II)}}]]
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|-
| [[Patrick Gordon Walker|Walker]]
----
[[Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham|Stewart]]
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 23:26, 8 August 2023

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

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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

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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
Secretaries — Undersecretaries 		Southern Department
1660–1768
Secretaries — Undersecretaries 		—
Southern Department
1768–1782
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office 		Colonial Office
1768–1782
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Foreign Office
1782–1968
Secretaries — Ministers — 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 		India Office
1858–1937
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Colonial Office
1925–1966
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries 		Dominions Office
1925–1947
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
India Office and Burma Office
1937–1947
Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Commonwealth Relations Office
1947–1966
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Commonwealth Office
1966–1968
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1968–2020
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Since 2020
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
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