Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
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The position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British ministerial position, subordinate to that of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State.
In 1947 the office was replaced by the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.
[edit] Under-Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs, 1925-1947
- 1925: Earl of Clarendon
- 1927: Lord Lovat
- 1929: Earl of Plymouth
- 1929: Arthur Ponsonby
- 1929: William Lunn
- 1931: Malcolm MacDonald
- 1935: Lord Stanley
- 1935: Douglas Hacking
- 1936: Marquess of Hartington
- 1940: Geoffrey Shakespeare
- 1942: Paul Emrys-Evans
- 1945: John Parker
- 1946: Arthur Bottomley