Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966. The holder was responsible for assisting the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in dealing with British relationship with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies). The position was created out of the old position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

Office-Holders

1947: Arthur Bottomley
1947: Patrick Gordon Walker
1950: Lord Holden
1950: David Rees Williams
1951: Earl of Lucan
1951: John Foster
1954: Douglas Dodds-Parker
1955: Allan Noble
1956: Lord John Hope
1957: Cuthbert Alport
1959: Richard Thompson
1960: Duke of Devonshire (to 1962)
1961: Bernard Braine (to 1962)
1962: John Tilney (to 1964)
1964: Lord Taylor Also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
1965: Lord Beswick Also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies until 1 August 1966

History of United Kingdom 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
Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries Undersecretaries	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries Undersecretaries		Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
.				India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries Undersecretaries	India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries
.	Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries