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.
Name | Entered office | Left office |
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Richard Phelps | 1768 | 1768 |
John Pownall | 1768 | 1770 |
John Pownall and William Knox | 1770 | 1776 |
William Knox and Christopher D'Oyly | 1776 | 1778 |
William Knox and Thomas De Grey | 1778 | 1780 |
William Knox and Benjamin Thompson | 1780 | 1781 |
William Knox and John Fisher | 1781 | 1782 |
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.[1]
For earlier office-holders see Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
Abolished 1966. Thereafter, see Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
Name | Entered office | Left office |
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The Earl of Listowel | 1948 | 1950 |
John Dugdale | 1950 | 1951 |
Alan Lennox-Boyd | 1951 | 1952 |
Henry Hopkinson | 1952 | 1955 |
Hon. John Hare | 1955 | 1956 |
Hon. John Maclay | 1956 | 1957 |
The Earl of Perth | 1957 | 1962 |
The Marquess of Lansdowne | 1962 | 1964 |
Abolished 1964. Thereafter, see Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
Name | Entered office | Left office |
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Sir Robert Hay | 1825 | 1836 |
Sir James Stephen | 1836 | 1847 |
Herman Merivale | 1848 | 1859 |
Sir Frederic Rogers | 1859 | 1871 |
Sir Robert Wyndham Herbert | 1871 | 1892 |
Sir Robert Henry Meade | 1892 | 1897 |
Edward Wingfield | 1897 | 1900 |
Montagu Ommanney | 1900 | 1907 |
Sir Francis Hopwood | 1907 | 1911 |
Sir John Anderson | 1911 | 1916 |
Sir George Fiddes | 1916 | 1921 |
Sir James Masterton-Smith | 1921 | 1925 |
Sir Samuel Wilson | 1925 | 1933 |
Sir John Maffey | 1933 | 1937 |
Sir Cosmo Parkinson | 1937 | 1940 |
Sir George Gater | 1940 | 1940 |
Sir Cosmo Parkinson | 1940 | 1942 |
Sir George Gater | 1942 | 1947 |
Sir Thomas Lloyd | 1947 | 1956 |
Sir John Macpherson | 1956 | 1959 |
Sir Hilton Poynton | 1959 | 1966 |