Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

British government official overseeing post-Empire relations

The secretary of state for commonwealth affairs 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 Office.

The position was created on 1 August 1966 by the merger of the old positions of secretary of state for commonwealth relations and secretary of state for the colonies. In 1968 the position was merged with that of secretary of state for foreign affairs to create the new position of foreign secretary.

## Secretaries of state for commonwealth affairs, 1966–1968

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Name  | Term of office  | Political party  | P.M. | F.Sec.

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| Herbert Bowden | 1 August 1966  | 29 August 1967  | Labour |  | Wilson | Stewart
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| George Thomson | 29 August 1967  | 17 October 1968  | Labour
Stewart
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
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Southern Department
1768–1782
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1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office | Colonial Office
1768–1782
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Foreign Office
1782–1968
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | 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
Secretaries — Undersecretaries | India Office
1858–1937
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Colonial Office
1925–1966
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries | Dominions Office
1925–1947
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India Office and Burma Office
1937–1947
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Commonwealth Relations Office
1947–1966
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Commonwealth Office
1966–1968
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1968–2020
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Since 2020
Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries

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