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

History of UK Government Departments with Responsibility for Foreign Affairs
Colonial Office 1768 – 1782 Secretaries 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	Colonial Office 1925 – 1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries		Commonwealth Office 1966 – 1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries	Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968 – Present Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
					Dominions Office 1925 – 1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Commonwealth Relations Office 1947 – 1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
.				India Office 1858 – 1937 Secretaries Undersecretaries	India and Burma Office 1937 – 1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries
Foreign Office 1782 – 1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries