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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.

Secretaries of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1947–1966

Name		Term of office		Political party	P.M.		F.Sec.
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The 1st Viscount Addison	7 July 1947	7 October 1947	Labour	rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Attlee	Bevin
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Philip Noel-Baker	7 October 1947	28 February 1950	Labour
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Patrick Gordon Walker	28 February 1950	26 October 1951	Labour
Morrison	Patrick Gordon Walker	28 February 1950	26 October 1951	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	General The 1st Baron Ismay	28 October 1951	12 March 1952	none	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Churchill	Eden
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury	12 March 1952	24 November 1952	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton	24 November 1952	7 April 1955	Conservative
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home	7 April 1955	27 July 1960	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Eden	Macmillan
Lloyd						Eden
Lloyd					rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Macmillan
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Duncan Sandys	27 July 1960	16 October 1964	Conservative	D-Home	Macmillan
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Duncan Sandys	27 July 1960	16 October 1964	Conservative	D-Home	Butler
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Arthur Bottomley	18 October 1964	1 August 1966	Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Wilson	Walker
Stewart	Arthur Bottomley	18 October 1964	1 August 1966	Labour		Wilson

References

Foreign and Commonwealth Office website

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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