Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | |
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Style | The Right Honourable |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | Leo Amery |
Formation | 11 June 1925 |
Final holder | 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 British cabinet-level position created in 1925 responsible for British relations with the 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, 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 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[]
The Viscount Addison took up the new post of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations on 7 July 1947.
Notes[]
- ^ Also Secretary of State for War.
- ^ a b c Also Leader of the House of Lords.
- ^ Also Deputy Prime Minister
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- History of the Commonwealth of Nations
- 1925 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1947 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Foreign Office during World War II